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June 30, 2011 07:05 pm

UAV Hoisted Tower Powered By Laser Over Fiberoptic

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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