Nice to see companies are not afraid to think big… Originally shared by +Trey Ratcliff Release the Google Internet Balloons! Photos and video! See the Full article with all the pretty pictures on blog at: http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2013/06/14/google-internet-balloons/ See the YouTube video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9ULgTdPuks 4 AM, a week ago:I get a strange email from Google. Just sign the paperwork they say. We can't tell you anything. I sign, assuming it's gotta be cool with an approach like that. Fast Forward One WeekNext thing I knew, I was up in a helicopter over Tekapo, New Zealand, sitting by Steven Levy from Wired magazine tracking balloons as they headed for the stratosphere. I was just a few hours north of my home in Queenstown, so I was excited to check out this secret Google X project right in my own backyard! So, here's the whole story. I'll start with a video I shot with Google Glass that shows some of the behind-the-scenes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9ULgTdPuks (Note, here is the Longer Video linked therein that has a lot of the tech talk and geeky stuff if you want to know more.] So, what's the reason for all this? Well, there are billions of people on Earth without […]