Hmm interesting…
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19098305/
Am I the only one that thinks that a power outage would render all electronics useless?
Personally, I'll stick to batteries. That way I can still play my DS if the lights go out :P
Hmm interesting…
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19098305/
Am I the only one that thinks that a power outage would render all electronics useless?
Personally, I'll stick to batteries. That way I can still play my DS if the lights go out :P
oh i just read about tesla the other day
he was awesome person, but sadly other people stole glory from him (ie röntgen)
whatever its cool
40 percent efficiency? Room-size distances? Pfft. I'll switch when they can transmit at 60 percent efficiency over hundreds of miles. Prof. Yagi, who helped invent the Yagi antenna, also worked on wireless power transmission but got no mention in this article. Why not?
It's still very very new, but a very exciting prospect. Wireless Power, they call it WiTricity, but I think WiPow sounds better. I wonder if when they figure out how Gravity and Electromagnetism are related they'll try to transmit physical matter over the air via resonation. Can someone say, "Beam me up, Scotty?"
Tesla versus Edison by Hirohiko Araki
MORE OF THAT, MORE OF THAT NOW
i demand it
Pretty cool. I sort of liked the comic.
You know, I can easily see the prospect of a global power grid within the next 50 years. It's not so far-fetched anymore, and would eliminate wires all-together. Can you imagine being out in the park, and being able to run your laptop all day AND connect to the internet, regardless of your location? Yeah, convenience is nice. On a smaller scale, too, it could be reproduced in planes/spaceships, which would mean we could use these devices without risking interference to the plane's radio anymore.
Tesla was truly brilliant.
Wonder if this will ever become reality or if there will be too many protesters that "doesn't want to live under a power cable".
there are people that are suspicious of microwaves long term effect on humans for crying out…
im sure this will raise some healthconcerns as well.
I'm mote concerned about impending doomsday.
an EMP would guarantee that all elcotronics can not function, especially considering that if this becomes popular, laptops might have tiny batteries that hold only a few minutes, or sometimes even none at all.
Personally, I'm keeping my house wired for the necessities. Extra things, like maybe random doohickies and trinkets that I have no problem with if something interferes.
Seriously, EMP, while knocking out electronics in general, imagine if there WAS worldwide power grid. Multiple countries could be left in the dark if an EMP took out the transfer.
Tesla was a genius, and I'm glad they got it working, but I feel that some things should still have batteries to go along with the receiver. That way, it don't matter.
Although I'm sure batteries and wires will still be used for a few hundred years. Problems like coverage and efficiency, as well as interference, not to mention any protests(for every person that likes something, there's bound to be another who hates it with the same magnitude and they love it) and government approval. Basically I think it'll end up like the US Cell Phone network in about 100 years. People will might have NO gadgets in the wilderness, because everything will be built to be powered through the air, and the coverage won't go everywhere.
Except you know, camping supplies will probably keep it in mind, and use batteries as long as Duracell and Energizer and such don't go out of business.
I'm mote concerned about impending doomsday.
an EMP would guarantee that all elcotronics can not function, especially considering that if this becomes popular, laptops might have tiny batteries that hold only a few minutes, or sometimes even none at all.
Personally, I'm keeping my house wired for the necessities. Extra things, like maybe random doohickies and trinkets that I have no problem with if something interferes.
Seriously, EMP, while knocking out electronics in general, imagine if there WAS worldwide power grid. Multiple countries could be left in the dark if an EMP took out the transfer.
Tesla was a genius, and I'm glad they got it working, but I feel that some things should still have batteries to go along with the receiver. That way, it don't matter.
Although I'm sure batteries and wires will still be used for a few hundred years. Problems like coverage and efficiency, as well as interference, not to mention any protests(for every person that likes something, there's bound to be another who hates it with the same magnitude and they love it) and government approval. Basically I think it'll end up like the US Cell Phone network in about 100 years. People will might have NO gadgets in the wilderness, because everything will be built to be powered through the air, and the coverage won't go everywhere.
Except you know, camping supplies will probably keep it in mind, and use batteries as long as Duracell and Energizer and such don't go out of business.
I don't think you see this as I do, Gear^2.
The way I see it, the grids will be operated from satellites that are heavily guarded and fully manned at all times. These space-side power stations will create a net over the entire planet that generates a current that is harmless to humans, and reacts with special batteries that will be standard in all equipment (computers, cell phones, etc.). That way, everything on the planet will be essentially wireless, with no danger of EMP.
Although it would take years to make this dream a reality, I can easily see it happening. Cell phones broadcast to satellites, so why can't power?
Yeah uh…
EMP can't be defended against yet.
The most heavily defended places can STILL be taken out.
Solar Flares.
Yeah uh…
EMP can't be defended against yet.
The most heavily defended places can STILL be taken out.
Solar Flares.
That's why there would be a network of satellites, so if one or two go out for a while, they can move other satellites into a position to cover the areas of the grid that are knocked out.
But I still see a gigantic problem with this whole idea, and it was covered in the article. Efficiency. Once this thing goes up, it's going to be awfully expensive to run and I'm wondering how they're going to effectively charge people for the services, then there's the wasted energy, unless they figure out how to direct energy beams so it hits everywhere they want it to.
@Fire Fist:
I don't think you see this as I do, Gear^2.
The way I see it, the grids will be operated from satellites that are heavily guarded and fully manned at all times. These space-side power stations will create a net over the entire planet that generates a current that is harmless to humans, and reacts with special batteries that will be standard in all equipment (computers, cell phones, etc.). That way, everything on the planet will be essentially wireless, with no danger of EMP.
Although it would take years to make this dream a reality, I can easily see it happening. Cell phones broadcast to satellites, so why can't power?
Bold: I'l take my power company employe well done and with lots of cancer thank you very much
Underlined: A system like this would be taken into operation wasy before it was fully documented or proven safe if at all. I can hardly see any company (or goverment) driven by profit fully explore every little concern includeing the longterm effects. Not to sound like a pessimist but come on that's just not what companies do. Tobacco anyone?
Hell, some people said tobacco was bad for your health around the time it was introduced to Europe and that was more than three hundred years ago. What bothers me about WiTriCity is its use of magnetic resonance to resolve power dissipation over distance. Unless a multi-gigabyte, rewritable optical disc is invented it is still possible for this wireless power source to wipe out the hard drive of the very laptop it is being used to recharge.