Wireless Power

**Aus_Karlos** · 08-27-2009, 03:48 AM

Eric Giler wants to untangle our wired lives with cable-free electric power. Here, he covers what this sci-fi tech offers, and demos MIT's breakthrough version, WiTricity -- a near-to-market invention that may soon recharge your cell phone, car, pacemaker.
http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_giler_...ectricity.html

The Video is 10mins long, but it was interesting stuff. As a Sparky Wireless power is real and is possible. Good old Tesla invented it back in the 1900s but was squashed by the government, possibly because of "Brain melting"

, joking joking..
It would make my job a lot easier just wire a coil on the roof of a house and thats that job done.

**WereBo** · 08-27-2009, 04:30 AM

If it means losing most/all the cables behind my PC's, then I'm all for it - Another dust-bunnies breeding centre gone....

007josh · 09-14-2009, 09:48 PM

That would be sweet, never have to plug in your phone, ipod, or laptop.

Phædrus2401 · 09-14-2009, 11:31 PM

Tesla's wireless power scheme still needed wires... He envisioned hot air balloons stationed over every major population center with special towers on the top. Power would be broadcast through the Earth's magnetic field to the towers, then carried to the ground and then to homes by wires. It turns out he made some assumptions about the Earth's magnetic fields in regards to its capacitance and such that were later proved wrong by experiments after his death.

This is probably based on a different technology though. *reads*

EDIT: Want.

08-27-2009, 03:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,452 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	Wireless Power Eric Giler wants to untangle our wired lives with cable-free electric power. Here, he covers what this sci-fi tech offers, and demos MIT's breakthrough version, WiTricity -- a near-to-market invention that may soon recharge your cell phone, car, pacemaker. http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_giler_...ectricity.html The Video is 10mins long, but it was interesting stuff. As a Sparky Wireless power is real and is possible. Good old Tesla invented it back in the 1900s but was squashed by the government, possibly because of "Brain melting" , joking joking.. It would make my job a lot easier just wire a coil on the roof of a house and thats that job done. __________________ MemTest86 / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Folding@Home

08-27-2009, 04:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,483 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	Re: Wireless Power If it means losing most/all the cables behind my PC's, then I'm all for it - Another dust-bunnies breeding centre gone.... __________________ I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.

09-14-2009, 09:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
007josh Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 91 OS: xp service pack 2 My System	Re: Wireless Power That would be sweet, never have to plug in your phone, ipod, or laptop. __________________ "Each Day Is A Gift And Not A Given Right"

09-14-2009, 11:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
Phædrus2401 Hardware Tech Team Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Orleans Posts: 3,826 OS: Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 + Ubuntu 9.04 My System	Re: Wireless Power Tesla's wireless power scheme still needed wires... He envisioned hot air balloons stationed over every major population center with special towers on the top. Power would be broadcast through the Earth's magnetic field to the towers, then carried to the ground and then to homes by wires. It turns out he made some assumptions about the Earth's magnetic fields in regards to its capacitance and such that were later proved wrong by experiments after his death. This is probably based on a different technology though. reads EDIT: Want. __________________ Good PSU brands: Corsair, SeaSonic, CWT, PC Power and Cooling, Thermaltake Toughpower, CoolerMaster Real Power Pro On 80+ Certification - PSU Information and Selection - Power Supply Myths You don't get what you don't pay for. Last edited by Phædrus2401; 09-14-2009 at 11:41 PM.