How Lumotive will put metamaterials in self-driving cars, with Bill Gates’ backing BELLEVUE, Wash. — A succession of spinouts supported by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has taken an unorthodox technology known as… Read More
Charging your smartphone with lasers? Engineers say it’s not as scary as it sounds Engineers at the University of Washington have demonstrated that it’s possible to charge up your smartphone using laser beams. Perhaps… 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
Coast Guard aborts copter training mission after Port Angeles laser flash The U.S. Coast Guard says it had to cut a helicopter training mission short on Monday night after the airborne crew… Read More
Boeing unveils invisible laser beam that can take down drones in 15 seconds It’s not laser-beams-mounted-on-sharks cool, but it’s still fairly cool. Boeing unveiled this video of its Compact Laser Weapons System yesterday.… Read More
