North American Eagle project pumps out WiFi, takes aim at land speed records

Most folks would be content if their jet-powered vehicle did nothing but break land speed records, but not so with the team behind the North American Eagle project. They’ve gone and also stuffed some WiFi equipment inside the nose of the vehicle, which they hope will be able to transmit data back to an experimental mesh WiFi network set up around the dry lake bed while the vehicle is in the process of breaking the sound barrier. That hasn’t happened just yet, but the vehicle itself has already topped speeds of 400 miles per hour — which is only half of what the team eventually hopes to reach. North American Eagle project pumps out WiFi, takes aim at land speed records originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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