FlaSoxxJim Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 (CNN) -- Electronics such as phones and laptops may start shedding their power cords within a year. That's the prediction of Eric Giler, CEO of WiTricity, a company that's able to power light bulbs using wireless electricity that travels several feet from a power socket. WiTricity's version of wireless electricity -- which converts power into a magnetic field and sends it sailing through the air at a particular frequency -- still needs to be refined a bit, he said, but should be commercially available soon. Link to CNN Story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Pff. Tesla did this a century ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 2, 2009 -> 04:17 PM) Pff. Tesla did this a century ago! If Tesla told me how to never have to plug a laptop or cell phone or iPod into an outlet again I'd be Fan #1, despite all the cr@ppy music they have put out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Sounds great, but I have concerns about the radiation. Most signals flying around nowadays are very weak in energy levels. This is a much higher level of concentrated magnetic energy, which therefore has a much higher level of radiation associated with it. If it starts becoming prolific, you just seriously upped the amount of radiation flying around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 A professor I had in MBA school was associated with this somehow or another (business planning). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 2, 2009 -> 03:17 PM) Pff. Tesla did this a century ago! I was totally going there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 2, 2009 -> 08:07 PM) I was totally going there... A century ago? You mean Tesla actually pulled off time travel too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 2, 2009 -> 04:37 PM) If Tesla told me how to never have to plug a laptop or cell phone or iPod into an outlet again I'd be Fan #1, despite all the cr@ppy music they have put out. How ironic was it that they had an album where they called themselves an acoustic band? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 It would be interesting, but I'd have the same concerns as NSS. I remember reading about a "charging pad" technology a few years ago that you'd just toss your phone or whatever on and it'd charge without plugging in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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