Amazon might be garnering the headlines for its ambitious plans to put drones to work as delivery-bots. But one UK start-up has an even more ambitious plan: use drones to generate all of our power.
New Wave Energy UK has proposed a fascinating, though extremely ambitious plan to use unmanned drones to support high-altitude platforms which can harvest solar and wind energy.
The idea would be to build large-scale power-plants, which can be sent 50,000 feet into the air and operate essentially independently.
Needless to say, the three-person project is still at the insanely-long-odds-of-success stage. But they're hoping to raise £300,000 on Kickstarter as part of an initial study. Take a look at the idea below.