Robotic Kite Power Could Turn The Sky Into A Wind Farm

Google's acquisition of a kite power generator manufacturer suggests a strong future for the technology. Google has acquired a Bay Area technology company that generates power through wind turbines attached to robotic kites. The news comes just a couple weeks after the company, Makani Power, completed the first fully autonomous flight of a kite power system. How flying generators work: the kite flies in a circle, off nothing more than lift and wind, and uses that motion to push air over its prop...