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The Material World

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To meet the ever-increasing demand for superfast internet access blue-sky thinkers are testing High Altitude Platforms - airships that fly 12 miles above the Earth and beam back wireless broadband that's 200 times faster than a wired connection. They could also offer disaster management or environmental monitoring to developing countries. Quentin Cooper reports. Producer Martin Redfern

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Quentin Cooper
Producer:
Martin Redfern

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