2. WiFi (or Wi-Fi) is short for Wireless Fidelity.
WiFi is a wireless networking technology that
allows computers and other devices to
communicate over a wireless signal
The same way a radio can tune into a radio
station signal over the airwaves, your device
can pick up a signal that connects it to the
internet, thru the air. As a matter of fact, a
WiFi signal is a high-frequency radio signal.
3. The router is the key piece of equipment in a
wireless network. Only the router is physically
connected to the internet by an ethernet
cable. The router then broadcasts the high-
frequency radio signal which carries data to
and from the internet
The adapter in whatever device you are using
then picks up the signal and reads it from the
router.
4. One ambitious organization called the Media
Development Investment Fund (MDIF) is
launching a project known as the Outer-net
which is to launch hundreds of miniature
satellites into low Earth orbit by June 2015
Each satellite will broadcast the Internet to
phones and computers giving billions of
people across the globe free online access
5. The company's plan is to launch hundreds of
low-cost miniature satellites, known as
cubesats, into low Earth orbit.
Each satellite will receive data from a network
of ground stations across the globe.
Using a technique known as User Datagram
Protocol (UDP) multitasking, which is the
sharing of data between users on a network,
Outernet will beam information to users.
6. The company is asking for contributions to
the project of any size, which will all be 100
percent tax-deductible.
MDIF has acknowledged that building such a
network would not be cheap. Such satellites
typically run $100,000 to $300,000 to build
and launch.
7. The Outernet team claim that only 60% of the
world's population currently have access to the
wealth of knowledge that can be found on the
Internet. So there will be internet for all
Free of cost internet
Universally accessible
The project could provide unrestricted Internet
access to countries where their web access is
restricted, including China and North Korea
8. By June of this year the Outernet project aims
to begin the development of prototype
satellites and deploying prototype satellites
to test their technology and testing of long
range WiFi multicasting
In September 2014 they will make a request
to NASA to test their technology on
the International Space Station . Transmission
testing in flight-like environments
9. By early 2015 they intend to begin
manufacturing and launching their satellites
and testing of constellation operations
By April 2015 Establish manufacturing process
for hundreds of satellites
The project will be completed in June 2015 and
the company says that they will begin
broadcasting the Outernet from space
