{"id":163284,"date":"2023-05-03T08:22:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T13:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/darpa-is-making-nikola-teslas-dream-of-wireless-energy-a-reality"},"modified":"2023-05-03T08:22:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T13:22:30","slug":"darpa-is-making-nikola-teslas-dream-of-wireless-energy-a-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/darpa-is-making-nikola-teslas-dream-of-wireless-energy-a-reality","title":{"rendered":"DARPA is making Nikola Tesla\u2019s dream of wireless energy a reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ENG5ZcCt19U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, the environment has changed, and the need for more resilient energy transport methods for military operations is at a premium,\u201d explained Col. Paul \u201cPromo\u201d Calhoun to Popular Mechanics in an exclusive interview. American forces operate globally like the special operations units he resupplied as a C-17 cargo pilot, from outposts in the South China Sea to the Iraqi desert. Since there is no simple way to power them, many forces use their radars, anti-drone microwave weapons, lasers, or other energy-intensive equipment. And with each passing year, the severity of the issue increases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFirst of all, the environment has changed, and the need for more resilient energy transport methods for military operations is at a premium,\u201d explained Col. Paul \u201cPromo\u201d Calhoun to Popular Mechanics in an exclusive interview. American forces operate globally like the special operations units he resupplied as a C-17 cargo pilot, from outposts in the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488,1497,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drones","category-energy","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}