NASA honors Kent-based LaserMotive company

By BRIAN BECKLEY
Kent Reporter General assignment reporter
February 26, 2010 · 5:21 PM

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LaserMotive, a Kent-based company that won $900,000 by completing the 2009 Space Elevator Power Beaming Competition, was honored Feb. 25 and 26, along with other winners of NASA’s Centennial Challenge. The Centennial Challenge is a prize-driven innovation program for citizen inventors.

In November 2009, LaserMotive successfully completed Phase 1 of a NASA power-beaming competition by successfully using a laser beam to power a robot climber up a 1 km cable at a speed of more than 2 meters per second.

Company founders Jordin Kare and Tom Nugent, Jr., were scheduled to speak as part of a tech symposium Feb. 25 at NASA headquarters and then the entire team was to be honored at a recognition ceremony Feb. 26.

Contact Kent Reporter General assignment reporter Brian Beckley at bbeckley@kentreporter.com or 253-872-6600, ext. 5054.

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