"There are still a lot of technical challenges that need to be addressed for us to achieve the whole mission." Facebook researchers develop light-based wireless communication technology Researchers from Facebook's Connectivity Lab have developed a new technology that can one day make light-based wireless communications -- a far superior technology than the ones based on radio frequencies or microwaves -- a reality in the future. "We're thrilled about what happened with our first flight," Maguire said. He said he hoped the system might be brought into service "in the near future. Facebook Inc has said that it has completed a successful test flight of a solar-powered drone that it hopes will help it extend internet connectivity to every corner of the planet.Aquila, Facebook's lightweight, high-altitude aircraft, flew at a few thousand feet for 96 minutes in Yuma, Arizona, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a post on his Facebook page.

Source: Times of India July 21, 2016 21:45 UTC