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Google Acquires Kite-Power Generator

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday May 26, 2013 @02:36AM from the blowing-in-the-wind dept.

garymortimer writes "Google has acquired a US company that generates power using turbines mounted on tethered kites or wings. Makani Power will become part of Google X – the secretive research and development arm of the search giant. The deal comes as Makani carries out the first fully autonomous flights of robot kites bearing its power-generating propellers. Google has not said how much it paid to acquire Makani, but it has invested $15m (£9.9m) in the company previously."

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Good idea but you need to go higher! by F34nor · 2013-05-26 04:03 · Score: 5, Informative

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1248068.stm
It is old ass news but the concept is correct. The jet stream is better than the surface. Don't worry about commercial airlines they run 10k feet lower.