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UAV Hoisted Tower Powered By Laser Over Fiberoptic 103

Posted by timothy 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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  • Atlantis (Score:4, Funny)

    by lymond01 ( 314120 ) on Thursday June 30, 2011 @02:52PM (#36625910)

    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.

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