Wireless electricity
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8165928.stm[^] Who on earth thinks up this stuff?
As I recall the whole problem was that it took quite a bit more power to do broadcast power than running it over wires. Broadcast energy was a cool plot element in the book Gallagher's Glacier. Old sci fi book. [^] I think the theory was that you'd have towers at intervals and you'd never have to 'charge' your car you'd just drive it around and it would suck power out of the air. Same deal with your toaster or TV, you'd just turn the device on and it had no batteries or power plug of any kind. Just a receiver.
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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?
Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow
The RIAA :laugh:
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8165928.stm[^] Who on earth thinks up this stuff?
Nicolai Tesla in the 1910's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower[^]
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