As it travels out to an asteroid, the Psyche spacecraft sends data to Earth using a laser, which offers higher bandwidth over traditional radio communication. NASA has shown you can indeed use lasers ...

Aalyria, born out of Alphabet's Loon internet balloon project, recently used its 'Tightbeam' laser system to simulate a 100Gbps internet link to a moving ship out in the ocean. A Google spin-off has ...

Forward-looking: A California startup is looking to space to solve the limits of ground-based solar power. Reflect Orbital is developing a constellation of satellites with giant Mylar mirrors to beam ...

A little over a year ago, Google’s Project Loon launched in Kenya, 35 giant balloons with solar-powered electronics inside beaming a 4G signal to the central and western parts of the country. The ...

Time and again modern wars have proven you can't really fight battles without having access to energy. Whereas until the advent of the last century all armies had to worry about was food, shelter, and ...

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