Thanks to the Internet, we’ve been able to stay connected to what’s going across the globe, discuss ideas, send and receive money, among many other things. However, censorship laws and telecom costs have made it it difficult to access in some parts of the globe. Outernet, a New York based project, is looking to change that by taking the Internet into space to avoid high costs and any territorial restrictions.
Around two-thirds of the world's population still has no internet access - so how can the poorer and more remote parts of the world get connected?
The answer could be through the Outernet - a system providing content beamed down to earth via satellite and picked up by antenna-fitted receiving equipment on the ground generating local wi-fi hotspots.
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