The Internet has drastically changed the daily lives of countless people around the world. It is not uncommon to walk down the street, or down the aisle of the grocery store, and see people accessing this treasure trove of the world’s combined knowledge. Even more impressive is that this knowledge is being accessed continuously from handheld devices which people carry around in their pockets. We take such behavior for granted today, and many teenagers in high school cannot remember a time when having constant, high-speed access to the World Wide Web was not the norm. For some families, losing Internet access in their home is akin to losing electricity or running water—it is more than a minor setback. So imagine how primitive it must seem in areas and even entire countries where Internet access is rare or non-existent. These primitive places may soon have the opportunity to catch up to the rest of the world thanks to the social media company which many people love to hate: Facebook. The idea is that solar-powered drones can be used to make Internet connectivity possible for consumers in places where such access was previously unavailable. Through a Facebook-funded nonprofit group, Internet.org, Facebook Founder [...]
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