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A drone can lift itself only through the power of a solar panel (thelemmy.club)

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Some amazing engineer built a drone that can lift its own weight using only the electric power that it gets from an on-board solar panel and nothing else (no battery).

Video: I Built a Solar Powered Drone and it WORKS by Luke Maximo Bell

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[-] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Doubt it. The energy collected by the panel is turned into thermal energy by the spinning propellers. Maybe if they can bank some of it in a battery to use later?

[-] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 1 points 20 hours ago

I meant as mobile canopies that could be deployed to shade urban areas during extreme heat events.

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