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> Using fiber optics for power is like trying to make a solar panel generate electricity from a laser beam. Isn't that exactly what power beaming is, except ty
by TeMPOraL 1y ago
> Using fiber optics for power is like trying to make a solar panel generate electricity from a laser beam.
Isn't that exactly what power beaming is, except typically with frequency range in microwaves instead of visible light?
- malfist 1y ago> except typically with frequency range in microwaves instead of visible light That's a big freaking deal.
- cap11235 1y agoeg, consider WiFi. They choose their bands carefully for wireless standards, and terahertz is pretty far from microwave GHz. I've never seen direct THz synthesis outside of partially-insane radar engineers.
- ben_w 1y agoI thought half the controversial scanners since 9/11 were THz (the other half being backscatter X-ray)? Was that just a marketing term? (I can easily imagine "terahertz for terrorism" being a slogan…)