Wireless Power Transmission (Long Range)

Efficiently transmitting electrical power over significant distances without wires, e.g., via microwaves or lasers.

Core metadata

ID: wireless_power_transmission_long_range
Era: Future
First known date: 2035 (decade)
Region: Forecast / not yet broadly established
Review status: structurally_validated
Maturity: N/A

Prerequisites

Dependents

Space-Based Solar Power (Orbital Arrays) (space_based_solar_power_orbital_arrays)

Fields

None.

Node sources

Wikipedia page for Wireless Power Transmission (Long Range) (Wikipedia, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node

Prerequisite edge evidence

Edge/source evidence summary:

Prerequisite edges: 5
Average edge confidence: 35%
Prerequisite sources: 5
speculative: 5

Prerequisite	Type	Confidence	Evidence level	Note	Sources
Electromagnetism (Maxwell's Equations) (electromagnetism_maxwell)	speculative	35%	speculative	Electromagnetism (Maxwell's Equations) is a plausible dependency for a forecast technology and should be treated as speculative.	Electromagnetism - Faraday's discovery of electric induction (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge
Advanced AI Systems (advanced_ai)	speculative	35%	speculative	Advanced AI Systems is a plausible dependency for a forecast technology and should be treated as speculative.	On the Opportunities and Risks of Foundation Models (arXiv / Stanford CRFM, 2021, primary_paper) • Supports: edge
High-Temperature Superconductors (superconductors_high_temp)	speculative	35%	speculative	Superconductors (High Temperature) is a plausible dependency for a forecast technology and should be treated as speculative.	Possible high Tc superconductivity in the Ba-La-Cu-O system (Zeitschrift fuer Physik B / Springer, 1986, primary_paper) • Supports: edge
Lasers (lasers)	speculative	35%	speculative	Lasers is a plausible dependency for a forecast technology and should be treated as speculative.	The Nobel Prize in Physics 1964 (Nobel Prize, 1964, museum) • Supports: edge
Satellite Technology (satellite_technology)	speculative	35%	speculative	Satellite Technology is a plausible dependency for a forecast technology and should be treated as speculative.	Explorer 1 (NASA, 2026, official_agency) • Supports: edge

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