Google launched one its most ambitious project to date when it unveiled Project Loon, its long-term project to provide balloon-powered Internet across the world, in June. Loon is one of the Internet giant’s potentially world-changing efforts since it could bring millions of people in remote places online for the first time, but many have wondered how the floating, mesh-like network could deliver stable Internet coverage when taking into account factors like wind. Google has now provided a fascinating explanation of how its smart balloons can be programmed to space out so as to provide consistent connectivity to receivers on the ground. The company says it found inspiration from nature and the way that birds flock together when they fly.