1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comScott Bullock Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/scottbullock/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ETMJ4eOR99"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/google-sends-phone-into-upper-atmosphere/">Google Sends Phone into Upper Atmosphere.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/google-sends-phone-into-upper-atmosphere/embed/#?secret=ETMJ4eOR99" width="600" height="338" title="“Google Sends Phone into Upper Atmosphere.” — The Escapist" data-secret="ETMJ4eOR99" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Under the guise of supposed performance tests, Google engineers took a day to play with space balloons. Several days ago, several Google engineers and students from the nearby University of California, Santa Cruz got together in an empty field to see how Google’s new phone, the Nexus S, would perform nearly 20 miles above the earth’s surface. Greg Klein, ballooning fan, Santa Cruz undergrad, and leader of the ragtag space-phone testing team, released seven large weather balloons tied to Styrofoam coolers containing the astronautical cellphones, along with various other equipment to monitor the phones’ activities. Hours after floating out of […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/34/34759.jpg