To prove the tech, the company combined all the available open WiFi networks in a neighborhood along with a tethered Verizon mobile phone, and were able to create an impressive 85Mbs connection, as the video below the break shows.

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Ideally, that machine would have no network connection (as it would be a prime break-in target), and be reported to via null-modem serial cable only.

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The Lexington Institute's Loren Thompson says those mishaps usually result from a simple break in the line-of-sight connection between a plane and the satellite that controls it--often when one of the aircraft's own wings maneuvers into the path of the signal.

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"The best way to break away from the tourist experience and enrich your connection to a place is to interact with real people in their own private spaces, " said Guy Michlin, co-founder of EatWith.

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