• excitingburp@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I think masers (microwave lasers) are the new theory for achieving this, previously it was beaming microwave down much like your microwave oven beams your food.

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      9 months ago

      It’s not that new. Sim City 2000 included a power plant that was just a receiving dish for a maser