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    UAVs powered by lasers developed by LaserMotive

    Posted on September 10, 2010 by gavril

    Unmanned aerial vehicles don’t usually stay up in the skies too long, taken that they have a short battery life. Well, with help from the sun, these vehicles can stay up a bit longer, like Qinetiq’s Zephyr that stayed up … Continue reading3 →

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    The Green Falcon – A UAV powered by solar energy

    Posted on January 13, 2010 by gavril

    An unmanned vehicle in the air monitoring forest conditions is the newest desire of Queensland University of Technology, Australia. This light weight vehicle uses solar energy to power itself up. It will be available in 24 months after flight tests … Continue reading3 →

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    Airforce’s UAVs to be powered by dye-sensitized solar cells

    Posted on July 28, 2009 by anoop

    In the future dye-sensitized solar cells are expected to power the unmanned aerial vehicles popularly known as UAVs. The main reason for this is that they are an optimum energy harvesting source that may lead to longer flight times without … Continue reading3 →

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