QUOTE: LaserMotive recently kept a small remotely controlled drone helicopter continuously in the air for more than 12 hours on beamed laser power. This concept may be useful in the future to power full-scale UAVs during extended missions. (Image concept courtesy of LaserMotive.) SOURCE: Plugging In–Without the Wires [size=1.25em][shadow=Orange,left]w00d[/shadow][/size]
I'd rather have a laser that can cut airplanes, helicopters and drones in half. I read somewhere about a guy making a kind of EMP thing with some microwave oven parts. That sounds like a fun project.