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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Sun Aug 18, 2013 3:12 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/technology/an-inventor-wants-one-less-wire-to-worry-about.html?pagewanted=all


no idea if this is just hype, or whether there is a real technology and product behind the buzz. disclaimer: i have spent no mental space looking into whether this might work.
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Post by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sun Aug 18, 2013 3:25 pm

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/technology/an-inventor-wants-one-less-wire-to-worry-about.html?pagewanted=all


no idea if this is just hype, or whether there is a real technology and product behind the buzz. disclaimer: i have spent no mental space looking into whether this might work.
I remember hearing something along that line 10 years ago. Also, the Electric companies were trying to get into networking using their power lines to transport data like the phone lines. I even bought a package of adapters that plugs into outlets and connect the computers. I remember it did not work and something happened. That was a time when I was a Computer nerd of the highest order and was much feared at work bcz I would mess up with their computers.
I am sure the gadget is lying in my house someplace...

Will wait to steal power from the air from my neighbors..Razz

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Post by Seva Lamberdar Sun Aug 18, 2013 6:00 pm

The idea of power without wires is not new. Tesla tried it more than 100 years ago, "Tesla's Tower of Power" (http://www.damninteresting.com/teslas-tower-of-power/).

The real question ultimately is the economics.

Is it easier and cheaper to directly charge the battery of computer / calculator through wires coming from the electric outlet from the wall?

And how much more money will be needed, in addition to adding more parts and complexities to your computer / calculator, to charge the battery inside the computer / calculator without wires through a gadget which first changes electricity to ultrasonic waves at the electric outlet in the wall and then another gadget fitted inside the computer / calculator changes the ultrasonic waves into electricity for charging the battery inside the computer / calculator?
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