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Power Beaming For UAVs and Space Elevators

An anonymous reader writes "The idea of power beaming — using lasers or microwaves to transmit usable energy over great distances — has been around for decades. But recent advances in cheaper, more energy-efficient diode lasers have made power beaming commercially viable. LaserMotive, based in Kent, WA, is best known for winning the Level 1 prize of the NASA Power Beaming Challenge at the Space Elevator Games last November. In a new interview with Xconomy, LaserMotive co-founder Tom Nugent, who previously worked on the 'photonic fence' mosquito-zapping project at Intellectual Ventures, talks about gearing up for Level 2 of the NASA competition, slated for later this year. What's more, LaserMotive is trying to build a real business around beaming power to unmanned aerial vehicles, remote sensors and military bases, and other locations where it's impractical to run a wire, change batteries, or truck in fuel. The ultimate goal is to beam large amounts of solar power to Earth."

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  1. GNAA Confirms Link Between Wal-Mart and The Bilder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Monday, March 22, 2010

    GNAA Confirms Link Between Wal-Mart and The Bilderberg Group

    The GNAA research division has proved a direct link between the Bilderberg Group and Wal-Mart. This link was confirmed last Saturday night when an attempt to save black shoppers from a terrorist threat was lambasted by Wal-Mart, an attack which was planned by Wal-Mart themselves.

    In an attempt to revive the United States economy an attack was planned by the same strategists that successfully executed 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. To minimize collateral damage against voting citizens, which keep Haliburton, the United States controlling body of the Bilderberg Group, in power; black American citizens were targeted. Again.

    InfoWars, in conjunction with the GNAA Black Ops Division have been working on project Shield-A-Nigga for the past 2 years. The project has deployed over 2500 operatives that have been recruited from the GNAA Youth League. These operatives have been placed in nearly every Wal-Mart store across America in defense of our black brothers.

    On the night of 20th March 2010, a brave operative sacrificed himself in defense of our black citizens. When he was informed of a plot to harm black shoppers at the Wal-Mart he was stationed at, he calmly asked the black shoppers to leave that Wal-Mart.

    According to the police, the boy picked up a public-address telephone in the Wal-Mart in Washington Township, one of two dozen accessible to the store's customers, and said, "All black people, leave the store now." This heroic act saved 73 black people that were shopping in store at the time.

    Swift retribution was brought upon the brave soul and he was arrested. Media hype was then focused on the boy as to deflect focus from the failed terrorist attempt. This was done by the same media spin group that has minimized the impact of the Full Body Scanner Project, which is funded by Wal-Mart.

    About Wal-Mart:

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    About InfoWars:

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  2. Re:Sounds cool by Cryacin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They save a TON of money by outsourcing the purchase of sharks to organisations like this. Come to think of it, they should see if they could get Wall St interested. A ton of em over there.

    --
    Science advances one funeral at a time- Max Planck
  3. Re:Sounds cool by socceroos · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why won't a shark eat a lawyer?

    Professional courtesy.

  4. Touch Screen LCD Monitor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It is a question we frequently asked. It's a valid question since laptop batteries are usually expensive to replace.

    First of all, how long should your battery last? 2-4 years is generally acceptable depending on how frequently you use and charge the battery. If you travel a lot and use and charge your battery frequently then you might only get a couple of years at the most out of your laptop battery.
    Touch Screen LCD Monitor
    7" Touch Screen LCD Monitor

    The Hp pavilion dv2000 laptop battery are usually made with Li-Ion laptop batteries and the very nature of Li-Ion batteries is that they have about 500-600 charges and last at most about 4-5 years (shelf life). They also have a self-dischar