Wireless electricity

[i j russell]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8165928.stm[^] Who on earth thinks up this stuff?

[0x3c0]

I remember Intel demonstrating something like that. It's good to know that the idea might be taking off - I'd love to have something like that operating in a house of my own. The only thing that concerns me is security; what's to stop a person hijacking their neighbours' electricity supply and piping it to their house?

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[Lost User]

Someone who doesn't have to make it practical.

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[leppie]

i.j.russell wrote:

Who on earth thinks up this stuff?

Nikola Tesla?

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[dighn]

People with vision? Practicality aside, it would be awesome to at least have localized broadcast power so you can really do away with wires. Sure it'll give you cancer but it's convenient and elegant.

[PIEBALDconsult]

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[Henry Minute]

I have an Electric Wireless, but then I was always a bit backward!

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[TommyTomToms]

oh, you mean like this http://www.vimeo.com/4102628[^] :-D

[Henry Minute]

Sort of, but better looking.

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[Mike Hankey]

Beat me to it! The idea is definitely not a new one. Mike

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[dighn]

Tesla was definitely ahead of his time. A bit of a crackpot at times but undeniably a genius and visionary. Kind amusing how popular he seems to be among geeks.

[Lost User]

Someone trots this out every few years to live off the venture capital.

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[NetDave]

And the story is always the same, "It works just like two coils in a transformer." But they never give the details about how they've "made it practical", because "ooooh, that's our trade secret" Yeah, right...

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[Rob Graham]

Would you like to stand between the source coil and the receiver?

[Rocky Moore]

As long as it does not end up like the Opti-Grab :)

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[Roger Wright]

That's not wireless electricity; this[^] is wireless electricity!

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[martin_hughes]

Nice vid - is that your latest substation project shortly after commissioning? :)

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[Mark_Wallace]

i.j.russell wrote:

Who on earth thinks up this stuff?

Faraday, actually.

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[BillWoodruff]

i.j.russell wrote:

Who on earth thinks up this stuff?

Hi I.J., Nikolai Tesla, for one. best, Bill

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[Mustafa Ismail Mustafa]

I saw something along parallel lines the other day on Discovery Science, using Microwaves as a potential medium to transfer power for miles.

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