In the most recent tests, the system successfully transmitted lasers to aircraft flying up to 5,000 feet (1,524 meters), the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Friday marked a successful day in technological space advancements for a newly-founded Jacksonville-based company. Star Catcher, established in 2024, completed its first public ...

Military researchers are now proving that drones do not always need to carry their own fuel or batteries. In recent tests, ...

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 ...

The DARPA Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program achieved several new records for transmitting power over distance. The team recorded more than 800 watts of power delivered during a ...

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 ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Danny Lewis: Hey everyone. A quick note before we get into the episode. We want ...

Instead of absorbing energy from the sun to produce electricity, a new class of devices generates power by absorbing heat from its surroundings instead and beaming it at outer space. Such devices, ...

The company formerly known as LaserMotive is coming out of stealth mode with a new name — PowerLight Technologies — and a sharper focus on beaming power over fiber-optic cables. “The company has gone ...

Electric Sky will explore adapting its wireless charging architecture to power a swarm of drones. (U.S. Army CCDC Army Research Laboratory Illustration) A startup called Electric Sky says it’s begun ...

The US military tested a pizza box sized solar power module – Photovoltaic Radiofrequency Antenna Module (PRAM) in space. It was first launched in May 2020, attached to the Pentagon’s X-37B unmanned ...

NATICK, Mass. -- Dr. Richard Osgood III, a researcher at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, is investigating a novel approach to convert high frequencies to direct ...