He's been criticized, though, for having a short term - forgive the term - sort of beam counter sort of approach to saving taxpayers money.

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His thesis was based on algorithms that describe how a large number of independent devices could beam data to one another, an approach called mesh networking.

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The same approach has been used in ground-based experiments to beam one kilowatt of power over a distance of several kilometres, notes Peter Fisher, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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