Wireless power is something that resonates with me. Those pesky cables disturb the Feng Shui of my desk area. So what drives people to invent useful stuff like wireless electricity (or WiTricity)? Some might say necessity:
Professor Soljacic’s inspiration for WiTricity grew out of his frustration at having to find a plug to charge his mobile phone. “It was probably the sixth time that month that I was awakened by my cell phone beeping to let me know that I had forgotten to charge it. It occurred to me that it would be so great if the thing took care of its own charging.”Sounds like good old fashioned laziness to me. But if it sorts my desk out, I'm not knocking it. Actually, having my phone stop beeping in the middle of the night would be cool too.
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You know I am sure I read in something years ago that they had the choice to go wireless or non-wireless right at the beginning when they were deciding how best to supply cities etc. Non-wireless won out; now it's seen as something new?
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ReplyDeleteThe more useful and widespread it becomes the more likely this will be.
Ah well, the old scares are wearing thin we need some new ones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_energy_transfer
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