WiTricity

[niptuck]

British Guardian has published today a small article about the new way to transfer electricity. This technology, developed by the boffins at MIT, allows electricity to be transferred wirelessly, via electromagnetic field.

During their experiment they have managed to light a buld some 2 metres away from the power source. No wires were harmed during this experiment

This technology apparently is not entirely new. Nicola Tesla has experimented with similar ideas, however was unsuccessful. The energy dissipated before it reached the target.

This is really cool stuff and would be brilliant if we could remove at least half the wires that pollute our living rooms. However, one cannot help but question the health implications of this gimmick. I somehow doubt that transferring high amounts of electricity would not amount to ionizing radiation.

Prof Voluptuary, the stage is set for you to show off your tech skills .
Use you power for good, Luke

 

[AFA]

British Guardian has published today a small article about the new way to transfer electricity. This technology, developed by the boffins at MIT, allows electricity to be transferred wirelessly, via electromagnetic field.

During their experiment they have managed to light a buld some 2 metres away from the power source. No wires were harmed during this experiment

This technology apparently is not entirely new. Nicola Tesla has experimented with similar ideas, however was unsuccessful. The energy dissipated before it reached the target.

This is really cool stuff and would be brilliant if we could remove at least half the wires that pollute our living rooms. However, one cannot help but question the health implications of this gimmick. I somehow doubt that transferring high amounts of electricity would not amount to ionizing radiation.

Prof Voluptuary, the stage is set for you to show off your tech skills .
Use you power for good, Luke

You know I've thought of this in the past, and was just thinking about it again yesterday. Revolutionary. This would be an invention like, if not on the greater scale of Marconi and the wireless.

 

[KingShlong1757680925]

Looking around my room, I see so many small electronics that I would love to have that so I could get rid of the chargers, docking stations and power strips.

But I would worry about getting testicular cancer.

 

[Undertaker]

i don't really like the idea of 230/110 volt's going around in the air..magnetic field or not...

 

[minidog]

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[AFA]

The military will probably get it and use it to electrocute people now that I think about it :dunno:

 

[D-rock]

From a scientific standpoint it a little nice, but from a practical application point of view it's usefulness seems limited for most everyday things. It also makes me think of how much energy is ****** in generating the field so it can skip across. There's a reason we use wires.

 

[thapie]

wouldn't this also help to passively recover electricity that otherwise gets ****** ?

 

[Torre82]

Skipping the technical reply, it boils down to this: The more things passing thru the air, the more cancer and spermcount-loss we'll see. Also, it's the same as using your cellphone inside a concrete building as opposed to outdoors: You use more energy sending it thru obstacles as opposed to directly from the tower.

This tech is amazing to some, irrational in practice.

 

[cabey]

Electricity has been transferred in that way for years now, through induction, some transformers operate in a similar way too.
That level of magnetic field seems like a health hazard if you ask me.