Military researchers are now proving that drones do not always need to carry their own fuel or batteries. In recent tests, aircraft have stayed aloft while being fed energy from the ground through ...

Harbin Institute of Technology researchers propose a new terrain-aware framework for jointly optimising coverage, ...

On a blustery November day, a Cessna turboprop flew over Pennsylvania at 5,000 meters, in crosswinds of up to 70 knots—nearly as fast as the little plane was flying. But the bumpy conditions didn’t ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: One of the most limiting aspects of mobile technologies is power. Smartphones barely last a day on a single charge. A plane eventually needs to land ...

The core of this system is its optical power beaming platform, which uses a specialized 3-dimensional photovoltaic (PV) receiver paired with an LED light source. This setup not only allows for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UK-based startup Space Solar has successfully completed crucial tests of its power-beaming technology, with an aim to deliver ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States Army has awarded Raytheon, an RTX business, a contract to work on directed energy wireless power beaming ...

Space-based solar power firm Star Catcher Industries has set a new record for beaming electricity over a long distance. The firm’s Star Catcher Network technology successfully beamed 1.1 kW of power ...

It’s always interesting when we are presented with very different and knowledgeable perspectives about the feasibility of a proposed technological advance. I recently had this experience when I saw ...

Star Catcher Industries says it has demonstrated wireless laser power beaming, transmitting 1.1 kW of electrical power to commercial off-the-shelf solar panels over more than 1 km (0.6 mi.). Star ...

If you really think about it, the decades since our species got hooked on energy for its daily dealings didn't bring about significant developments in the way we get access to it. We still use cables ...

An artistic rendering showing the concept of collecting solar energy in space and beaming converted RF energy to a terrestrial rectenna. Credit: Northrop Grumman In the 1940s, science fiction author ...