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Thursday, May 24

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Innovation of the Day

By Brad

This may not be broadband related, but it’s definitely cool. Via Frank Jordans of the Associated Press:

An experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland on its first transcontinental flight Thursday, aiming to reach North Africa next week.

Pilot Andre Borschberg planned to take the jumbo jet-size Solar Impulse plane on its first leg to Madrid, Spain, by Friday. His colleague Bertrand Piccard will take the helm of the aircraft for the second stretch of its 2,500-kilometer (1,554-mile) journey to the Moroccan capital Rabat.

One possible hitch, however, is the fact that the plane can’t fly in cloud cover. Still, a plane powered by the sun is pretty darn awesome.

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