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Rory Bathgate

UNBELIEVABLE: High powered lasers can wirelessly charge drones mid flight | History Defined

A beam of green laser light bounces off a small mirror in a dark room.

Chinese researchers have revealed a new technology that could soon enable drones to charge mid-flight using high-powered lasers.

The scientists built a prototype of the system using a model of a drone and attached a receiver that works similarly to a solar cell. Fixed to the underside of the wing, the receiver successfully converted the energy from the laser beam into electricity to power the aircraft’s propellers.

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