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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.
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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.
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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.
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