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UAV Hoisted Tower Powered By Laser Over Fiberoptic

Posted by timothy on from the want-one-for-the-block-committee dept.

carstene writes "LaserMotive, winners of the 2009 NASA power beaming contest, has a new invention, a virtual comm or surveillance tower. It's a quadcotper that can run indefinitely, powered by laser beam over a fiber optic cable. This allows the "tower" to reach great heights and avoids most laser safety issues."

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  1. Atlantis by lymond01 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Atlanteans had this tech back in the 10,000 BCs except they didn't bother with a tether, they just beamed their maser (that's Microwave amplified...) energy through crystals seated on top of large pyramidal buildings. We're so 20,000 years ago.