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DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF   By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane   DARPA's WIRELESS INTERNET FOR ENERGY                                             Source:  DARPA & Stock DARPA, the US Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency, and Raytheon are developing a wireless internet for energy delivery.  It's being developed for US military energy needs but has significant potential to go into everyday use for consumers and business.  Here's what we know: Called POWER or the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay DARPA just awarded Raytheon $10 million to develop it It's a wireless internet network for energy distribution initially for the US military Purpose is to cut US military's dependence on fossil fuel delivery and storage Big deal because of the potential civilian utilization such as having "the cloud" recharge your batteries How it works: Uses unmanned aerial vehicles with laser power that has receiving and transmitting