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by JumpCrisscross 1261 days ago
I meant that I don't see a near-term use terrestrial use case for better microwave power transmission.
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Drones. Electric aircraft in general, recharging continuously in-flight.

Might be ill-advised for a whole mass of reasons that I, as a software engineer, know naught of; but it would be a use case.

Maybe you could use microwave power transmission (from the ground) to power atmospheric pseudo-satellites, but practical applications seem dubious.