PowerLight’s laser power beaming system keeps a drone in the air for hours during Pentagon test flights Wireless technology could keep military drones flying indefinitely, or be adapted as a directed-energy defense system for countering drones. Read More
PowerLight joins Blue Origin to study power beaming system for the moon Kent, Wash.-based PowerLight Technologies says it’s joined a team headed by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture to design a… Read More
PowerLight and Ericsson demonstrate laser beaming system to power 5G stations Beaming power wirelessly using laser beams has been the stuff of science fiction for decades — but Kent, Wash.-based PowerLight… Read More
Lasers on the moon? Nuclear rockets? NASA awards millions for way-out tech NASA’s latest crop of space technology grants will fund work on projects ranging from power-beaming lasers for lunar missions to… Read More
PowerLight is hitting its targets with a power beaming system that uses lasers Wireless power transmission has been the stuff of science fiction for more than a century, but now PowerLight Technologies is… Read More
LaserMotive makes a switch to PowerLight and focuses on beaming power over fiber The company formerly known as LaserMotive is coming out of stealth mode with a new name — PowerLight Technologies — and a… Read More
LaserMotive raises $1.5 million to boost innovations in laser power transmission LaserMotive, a stealthy pioneer in laser-based power transmission that’s based in Kent, Wash., has raised more than $1.5 million in… Read More
Wireless energy for drones? Intellectual Ventures beams power with metamaterials BELLEVUE, Wash. – Wireless power transmission has been a dream since the days of Nikola Tesla, but Intellectual Ventures is… Read More
LaserMotive lights up first product — transmitting power over fiber with lasers LaserMotive, a company known for using lasers to transmit power through the air, is expanding to a new medium: fiber-optic… Read More
‘Stalker’ aircraft makes first laser-powered outdoor flights A small unmanned aircraft used for military intelligence and reconnaissance missions has completed a series of outdoor test flights using… Read More
Laser power test extends flight time of spy plane to 48 hours Seattle area startup LaserMotive and defense giant Lockheed Martin today announced that they’ve successfully completed tests of a laser-based power… Read More
LaserMotive to work on NASA power-beaming project LaserMotive, a company south of Seattle developing ways of beaming power via lasers, has been named as one of the… Read More
