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Re:DARPA program sets distance record for power beaming by ChocolateGod on Monday June 16, 2025 @03:00AM (#44287235)
It must not be safe to be out in the sun then.
Re:DARPA program sets distance record for power beaming by _Algernon_ on Monday June 16, 2025 @03:38AM (#44287399)
Last time I forgot sunscreen at a UV index of 10 my skin started peeling of after half an hour so...
Re:DARPA program sets distance record for power beaming by ben_w on Monday June 16, 2025 @07:34AM (#44288603)
Density (and wavelength), rather than total power, is important.

Sun's 1kW/m^2, and even then you shouldn't look directly at it, and being out in it all day without protection leads to sunburn.

Re:DARPA program sets distance record for power beaming by nkrisc on Monday June 16, 2025 @08:40AM (#44288991)
It’s not, for an extended period of time. Now imagine it was collimated rather than diffuse.
Re:DARPA program sets distance record for power beaming by kurble on Monday June 16, 2025 @09:29AM (#44289327)
That's the thing, sunlight is collimated. It only gets diffuse once it reflects of a diffuse surface.
Re:DARPA program sets distance record for power beaming by nkrisc on Monday June 16, 2025 @10:36AM (#44289971)
Fair enough, poor choice of words on my part. What I meant was concentrated further (in terms of energy per area) than the typical concentration received at the surface of the Earth.
Re:DARPA program sets distance record for power beaming by vikramkr on Monday June 16, 2025 @10:54AM (#44290177)
So there's this thing called sunburn...