Team wins prize in power beaming competition
Posted: Wed, Nov 11, 2009, 7:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)
One of three teams competing in a NASA competition to demonstrate power beaming technology won $900,000 in prize money last week. Seattle-based LaserMotive won the prize by using laser power to move a climber robot up a one-kilometer ribbon at a speed of about four meters a second, twice the speed needed to qualify for the prize. Two other teams also participated in the come petition but fell short of the minimum speed needed to qualify for a share of the prize purse. The prize is meant to demonstrate wireless power transmission, a key technology needed for space elevators as well as other transportation applications. The competition is one of several that is part of NASA's Centennial Challenges prize program.
One of three teams competing in a NASA competition to demonstrate power beaming technology won $900,000 in prize money last week. Seattle-based LaserMotive won the prize by using laser power to move a climber robot up a one-kilometer ribbon at a speed of about four meters a second, twice the speed needed to qualify for the prize. Two other teams also participated in the come petition but fell short of the minimum speed needed to qualify for a share of the prize purse. The prize is meant to demonstrate wireless power transmission, a key technology needed for space elevators as well as other transportation applications. The competition is one of several that is part of NASA's Centennial Challenges prize program.
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