Masers (microwaves) were actually developed before lasers were, and do work pret...

		dionysiac on May 4, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nikola Tesla predicted mobile phones in 1909 Masers (microwaves) were actually developed before lasers were, and do work pretty well for power transmission (as these things go - still quite a loss). You have the problem of directionality and tracking, though.

And the problem of not frying stuff in between.