With all the amazing progress technology has made so far, two-thirds of the world’s population does not have access to Internet, 4 billion people out of Earth’s 7 billion inhabitants.  Google’s Project Loon aims to change that. This larger part of the population who needs access to the Internet either cannot afford the cost of a connection, or none exists where they live. Google’s project is among the most fantastical ones out there. What Loony thing is this? Project Loon is the innovative work of engineers attempting to bring internet access to rural and remote areas as well as to bring people back online after disasters. The concept is a network of high-altitude balloons running on the edge of the universe, also known as the stratosphere, at about 20 miles (32km) high. This space in the sky is sort of “above the sky,” twice as high as where the planes fly so that no interference actually occurs. This aerial wireless network can provide up to 3G-like speeds, they say. The project began in 2013 in New Zealand where a small group of pioneers tested the Loon technology. Later, the pilot test expanded to California’s Central Valley and in Northeast Brazil; the results of the pilot tests are being used to improve the technology in preparation for the next stages of the project. The balloons are moved using wind data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Once they collect the information about the speed and direction of the wind, they will move across the stratosphere. To help resist high pressure in the stratosphere, the central control of each balloon is covered by a sheet of polyethylene plastic filled with helium. This envelope apparently has the ability to keep the controllers in the air...