Media Coverage
2013
- My 3 Favorite Technologies From SPIE DSS 2013 – Photonics Online, May 6
- Lasermotive Announces World’s First VTOL Aircraft System Powered By Laser Over Fiber – Unmanned Systems Technology, May 3
- UAVs powered by laser over fiber networks – Smart Planet, May 1
- LaserMotive introduces UAV powered over optical fibre – Strategic Defence Intelligence, April 30
- Defense, Security + Sensing 2013: LaserMotive demos laser-over-fibre powered aircraft system – Novus Light, April 30
- LaserMotive Unveils World’s 1st Aircraft System Powered by Laser Over Fiber Today at SPIE DS&S – sUAS News, April 29
- SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing exhibition, technical events will connect researchers and suppliers in Baltimore – SF Gate, April 8
- Capitalizing on Success – Aviation Week, March 4
- The Engadget Show 41: ‘Space’ – Engadget, February 27 (LaserMotive segment at ~45 minute mark)
- LaserMotive powers up its first project – NBCnews.com, February 12
- LaserMotive lights up first product — transmitting power over fiber with lasers – Geekwire, February 12
2012
- COULD LASERS MAKE POWER LINES OBSOLETE? – The Osgood File radio show, December 17
- Application Briefs: Wireless Power via Laser – page 20 of Defense Tech Briefs, December
- Laser beams, the future of power? – Rough Cuts (Reuters), December 13
- Laser Beaming Could Make Power Lines Obsolete – Reuters TV, December 12
- Financing space start-ups: Throwing money into space – The Economist, October 26
- Space Angels Network’s Recent Seattle Meet-up – NewSpace Watch, October 25
- It Is Good That Wackiness Is Alive In Aerospace – Aviation Week & Space Technology, editorial, October 15
- Alternative UAV power sources becoming a reality – Military & Aerospace Electronics, September 11
- UAV Demonstrates Utility Of Laser Power – Aviation Week, September 3
- Lockheed continues evaluation of laser powered Stalker UAS – Laser Focus World, August 14
- Lockheed Martin Performs First Ever Outdoor Flight Test of Laser Powered UAS – Defence Professionals, August 12
- UAV flies on laser light – IEEE Spectrum, August 8
- Laser powered UAV completes outdoor flight test – Military & Aerospace Electronics – August 8
- LaserMotive Shows Its Power – Unmanned Daily News, August 7
- Lockheed Martin’s Stalker UAS performs first laser-powered flight – Laser Focus World, August 7
- ‘Stalker’ aircraft makes first laser-powered outdoor flights – GeekWire, August 7
- AUVSI: LaserMotive, Lockheed demonstrate real-world laser power – Flight Daily, August 7
- Skunk Works’ engineers develop drone that feeds on laser power – LA Times, August 7
- How It Works: Laser Beaming Recharges UAV in Flight – Popular Mechanics, July 28
- Drones That May Fly ‘Indefinitely’ Can Be Recharged By Lasers – CBS News Los Angeles, July 18 (and linked from the Drudge Report July 19)
- Laser power beaming keeps drone fully charged – Optics.org, July 19
- Laser Could Keep Military Drone Flying Forever – Space.com, July 16
- Lockheed Martin Recharges Flying UAVs With Freaking Lasers – PC World, July 13
- Ground-to-Air Laser Power System Keeps a Plane Aloft for Two Straight Days – Popular Science, July 13
- Laser-Fueled Drones May Never Have to Land – Gizmodo, July 12
- Laser beam keeps robo-plane buzzing for two days straight – MSNBC’s Cosmic Log by Alan Boyle, July 12
- Shoot it with a laser and it flies longer – Defense Systems, July 11
- Laser power test extends flight time of spy plane to 48 hours – GeekWire, July 11
2011
- Eyes in the sky: Drones being considered for civilian surveillance – KIRO 97.3 FM radio, December 2
- Plugging In–Without the Wires – National Instruments’ Instrumentation Newsletter, November 11
- Finding Commercial Applications for Laser Power Designed for Space – Space News, Spotlight section, October 24
- LaserMotive to work on NASA power-beaming project – GeekWire, October 6
- Vision-guided laser beaming powers remote vehicles – Vision Systems Design, October 3
- Wireless Electricity – Stuff UK, September (you can also download the PDF here)
- Laser Motive beams up cash to transmit electricity without wires – GeekWire, September 22
- Could laser propulsion open up space? – Next Big Future, September 22
- NASA Announces Two Game-Changing Space Technology Projects – Photonics Online, September 20
- Sempra, LaserMotive pitch energy ideas to Pentagon – MarketWatch, September 19
- CTSI Defense Energy Challenge showcases 10 winners at Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit- page 6 of Hawaii Hispanic News, September
- Tech Could Beam Power to Drones – Discovery News, August 10
- Live From DSS 2011: Laser Power Beaming Demo – Photonics Online, April 29
- SPIE 2011: Laser solution for long-endurance UAVs – Unmanned Vehicles, April 27
- Laser power beaming: A bright new idea for flight – The Independent, April 26
- Laser-powered drones and hybrid tanks could cut military’s carbon ‘bootprint’ – The Guardian, April 21
- Beam It Up – The Economist, print edition, March 14
- LaserMotive’s power beaming system prepares ground for space elevator’s lift-off – International Business Times, March 13
- Advances in Laser Technology Bring Potent New Capabilities to Small UAS – the PDF is courtesy of AUVSI – AUVSI Unmanned Systems, February
- Laser Rocketeer Shoots for Liftoff – IEEE Spectrum “Dream Jobs 2011″ series, February
- Beaming Rockets Into Space – Robotics Trends, January 23
- Power Up – The Economist, January 18
- Beam Me Up Some Power – National Defense magazine (NDIA), January (posted online Dec. 14 2010)
2010
- An inside look: Startup demos (includes YouTube video of all presenters; LaserMotive starts around 6:00 point) – TechFlash, December 17
- Ultrasound on an iPhone, Wireless Power Beaming, Making Hybrids Sound Like Mustangs: Highlights from the MIT Enterprise Forum – Xconomy.com, December 10
- Kent company unveils wireless power transmitted by lasers – Ross and Burbank radio show (~28 minutes in), KIRO FM, November 4
- Kent company unveiling wireless power – MyNorthwest.com, November 4
- Laser-powered quadrocopter stays aloft for 12 hours – cnet news, November 3
- Laser-Powered Helicopter Breaks Records, Is Pretty Cute – Discover Blog, November 3
- Video: LaserMotive’s Laser-Powered Quadrocopter Hovers for 12 Hours Straight – PopSci, November 2
- LaserMotive’s unnamed quadrocopter hovers for 12 solid hours using lasers alone – Engadget, November 1 (Note: the quadrocopter was made by our partners, Ascending Technologies)
- Wireless power, or, how to keep your light saber charged and ready – Discover, November 1
- TechFlash Podcast 36: Lasers! (18 minute interview with Tom Nugent) – TechFlash, October 30
- UAV Helicopter Flies 12 Hours Charged By Laser – Slashdot, October 30
- Ascending Technologies and LaserMotive create a new record – sUAS News, October 29
- Copter sets a Laser Powered Record – MSNBC.com, October 28
- Top Innovators: LaserMotive – Seattle Business (November issue), October 28
- LaserMotive Beams Power to “Quadrocopter” UAV, Breaks World Record for Electric Aircraft – Xconomy, October 28
- Laser-powered helicopter breaks record for longest flight – KOMOnews.com, October 28
- Video: Beaming up laser power (video) – SPIE’s Advancing the Laser video Series, September 23
- Lasers keep mini helicopter hovering for hours – PhysOrg.com, September 9
- Laser-Powered Helicopter Hovers for Hours – Gizmodo, September 3
- Laser-powered helicopter hovers for hours – New Scientist, September 2
- In Demonstration, Laser-Powered UAV Charged From the Ground Stays Aloft For Hours – PopSci.com, September 2
- LaserMotive Laser Power Beaming for UAVs at AUVSI – Engineering TV, August 31
- LaserMotive beaming over helicopter fuel – Unmanned Daily News (Flight Global/AUVSI trade show), August 25
- Endurance flagging? Power your UAV with lasers instead! – Flight Global, August 25
- Beam Me Up (Some Power) – Aviation Week blog, August 23
- Laser Power Beaming – TV Tokyo – World Business Satellite, August 17 and Morning Satellite, August 19
- The Space Elevator – Future Tense radio show, starting around 11 minutes in, ABC Radio National, August 19
- Beaming Up – Seattle Business magazine, July
- 6 Robots That Can Move—and Power—Themselves – Popular Mechanics, June 10
- Laser Power Beaming – Creating the “Eternal UAV” – DefPro.com/Defence Professionals, June 7
- LaserMotive – Space Power, Mosquitos and More! (interview with Tom Nugent and Jordin Kare) – CartaNova, May 26
- Beaming Laser Power: An Interview with Tom Nugent of LaserMotive – h+ magazine, May 17
- LaserMotive Plans Laser-Powered Fuel System for UAVs – Photonics.com, May 12
- Laser Power Beaming Aimed At UAVs – Aviation Week, May 7. Part of the article appeared in the May 10 print version, page 12.
- Wireless Energy Transfer for UAVs – Electronic Component News, May 5
- LaserMotive plan powers UAVs continuously – UPI, May 5
- How to Power “Eternal” UAVs in Flight: A LaserMotive Blueprint – Xconomy.com, May 4
- Centennial Challenges: NASA’s Prize Program for the “Citizen Inventor” – NASA Tech Briefs, May 1. The article also appeared in the May (vol. 34, #5) print edition, page 63.
- Skeeter-Zapping Laser Entrepreneur Turns Sights on Space Power – PopSci, April 14
- Beaming Power to UAVs, Space Elevators, and Someday, Earth: The LaserMotive Plan – Xconomy.com, April 13
- NASA to honor Kent power-beaming team Friday, Seattle PI, and a similar story at Bloomberg – Feb. 25
- NASA honors Kent-based LaserMotive company – Kent Reporter, Feb. 26
- SP’s Aviation – go to page 7/8 to see the story about LaserMotive, January
- Kent-based company reaches for the stars – almost – Kent Reporter, January 15
- Space Elevator – Attainable Dreams and the $10 Billion Proposal – AssociatedContent.com, January 13
- The Nerd Report: Space Elevator – Seattle Magazine
2009
- LaserMotive gets a mention in the MSNBC “year in space” column
- Vote on best story of the year (we’d prefer you vote for “NASA Prizes Finally Won” of course!)
- DILAS news, December
- LaserMotive wins NASA’s Centennial Challenges program with wireless energy beaming technology – Military & Aerospace Electronics, December
- Next Stop for the Space Elevator: The $2 Million Prize for the 2010 Competition – Associated Content, Nov. 30
- A joint English/Hindi newspaper, Jansamachar.net, posted Space Elevator – Stairway to Heaven
- Space Elevator Team wins – FirstForSpace blog, Nov. 30
- Laser-powered robot rock climbers – Physics Today, Nov. 24
- Space elevator wins many share of $900,000
- The National Academies: Developing Cutting-Edge Technological Concepts for the Future, Nov. 19
- From the NASA JSC Advanced Planning Office blog is a cool post about technology prizes and LaserMotive; Nov. 14.
- Lift Us Up Where We Belong – Galactic Water Cooler, Nov. 12
- Otis – IdeaConnection
- Award-winning laser-powered robotic climber paves way for ’space elevator’ – Nov. 13
- It’s A Long Ride To The First ‘Floor’ – Aero-News, Nov. 11
- Space Prize Roundup: After the Lunar Lander and Power Beaming Challenges, Student Prize Resources, More – X-Prize Foundation, Nov. 10
- LaserMotive LLC Wins Prize in Power Beaming Challenge – NASA, Nov. 10
- Space team misses the mark – American team takes home prize – Nov. 10
- Introducing An Ancestor Of The First Space Elevator – IO9, Nov. 8
- Robotic space climber a winner – Cape Argus news, Nov. 8
- LaserMotive wins $900,000 in space elevator competition – Geek.com, Nov. 10
- New Scientist
- PopSci
- LaserMotive wins NASA’s Centennial Challenges program with wireless energy beaming technology – Military & Aerospace Electronics, Nov. 9
- NASA Dryden Status Report on Power Beaming, Nov. 9
- Space elevator team wins $900,000 from NASA – MSNBC, Nov. 6
- Winner in Contest Involving Space Elevator – New York Times, Nov. 6
- Kent team climbs high at space elevator games – Seattle Times, Nov. 5
- Robot goes all the way in space elevator competition – Washington Post Nov. 5
- Space elevator chase yields Earthly rewards – CNNMoney.com, August 13
- $2 Million NASA Power Beaming Challenge Heating Up – Slashdot, July 23
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