Intel develops and demonstrates wireless electricity

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SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Intel on Thursday showed off a wireless electric power system that analysts say could revolutionize modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets.

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Intel chief technology officer Justin Rattner demonstrated a Wireless Energy Resonant Link as he spoke at the California firm's annual developers forum in San Francisco.

Electricity was sent wirelessly to a lamp on stage, lighting a 60 watt bulb that uses more power than a typical laptop computer.

Most importantly, the electricity was transmitted without zapping anything or anyone that got between the sending and receiving units.

"The trick with wireless power is not can you do it; it's can you do it safely and efficiently," Intel researcher Josh Smith said in an online video explaining the breakthrough.

"It turns out the human body is not affected by magnetic fields; it is affected by elective fields. So what we are doing is transmitting energy using the magnetic field not the electric field."

Examples of potential applications include airports, offices or other buildings that could be rigged to supply power to laptops, mobile telephones or other devices toted into them.

The technology could also be built into plugged in computer components, such as monitors, to enable them to broadcast power to devices left on desks or carried into rooms, according to Smith.

"Initially it eliminates chargers and eventually it eliminates batteries all together," analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group said of Intel's wireless power system.

"That is potentially a world changing event. This is the closest we've had to something being commercially available in this class."

Previous wireless power systems consisted basically of firing lightning bolts from sending to receiving units.

Smith says Intel's wireless power system is still in an early stage of development and much research remains before it can be brought to market.

Rattner spoke of technological transformations he expects by the year 2050.

"You'd like to cut the last cord," Smith said.

"It's great that we have wireless email and wireless internet and stuff like that but at the end of the day it would be nice to have wireless recharge as well."

 

[Turin39789]

The B.E.T.?

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/wec.shtml

 

[Vehemence]

:Q

That's awesome

 

[Eli]

Wow! 60W!

That is impressive..

This will indeed be world changing if it comes to light.

 

[nakedfrog]

But if the human body is not effected by magnetic fields, how does my magnetic bracelet align the ions in my bloodstream to promote overall wellness?!?!?

 

[imported_Imp]

You're ruining it for the rest of us.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
But if the human body is not effected by magnetic fields, how does my magnetic bracelet align the ions in my bloodstream to promote overall wellness?!?!?

:laugh::laugh:

It's a good thing I had taken a drink of my coffee moments before reading this post.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
But if the human body is not effected by magnetic fields, how does my magnetic bracelet align the ions in my bloodstream to promote overall wellness?!?!?

*wallet explodes*

 

[darkxshade]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
But if the human body is not effected by magnetic fields, how does my magnetic bracelet align the ions in my bloodstream to promote overall wellness?!?!?

:laugh:

 

[Throckmorton]

Isn't this called induction? And isnt' it going to induce current in jewelery, braces, metal plates, etc?

 

[Molondo]

Didn't MIT develop this? Intel just improved it?

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: Eli
Wow! 60W!

That is impressive..

This will indeed be world changing if it comes to light.

what a bright idea...

 

[slugg]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Isn't this called induction? And isnt' it going to induce current in jewelery, braces, metal plates, etc?

No, it's a resonant link. Think "tesla coil", where the two inducting coils are tuned to resonate with each other. Jewelry won't resonate with the technology

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
But if the human body is not effected by magnetic fields, how does my magnetic bracelet align the ions in my bloodstream to promote overall wellness?!?!?

damn you!!! you beat me to it :laugh:

 

[MotF Bane]

Yay, one step towards eliminating wires.

 

[George P Burdell]

This isn't anything new.

 

[Toastedlightly]

that is a lot of power needed to power a simple lightbulb. The strength of the field drops off rapidly as range increases. Ugh, just what we need, more waste

 

[brandonbull]

Didn't Tesla do this with much bigger lights like a 100 years ago? Wasn't he working on a large scale transmission tower like 80 years ago in Colorado?

 

[aldamon]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
But if the human body is not effected by magnetic fields, how does my magnetic bracelet align the ions in my bloodstream to promote overall wellness?!?!?

The PGA tour just imploded.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
that is a lot of power needed to power a simple lightbulb. The strength of the field drops off rapidly as range increases. Ugh, just what we need, more waste

Hmm..

Yeah. I see this as the biggest problem.

However, a huge number of devices use considerably less than 60W.

If you could power or recharge battery powered devices from a 60W base station in a room, that would be awesome.

 

[OdiN]

The statement about eliminating batteries...uhm no.

No battery, and an even small lapse in coverage area and your device goes off. Bad idea. It's not like they'll have 100% coverage everywhere. If you go back into the woods, or go to another country....batteries will still exist, in some form or another.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: OdiN
The statement about eliminating batteries...uhm no.

No battery, and an even small lapse in coverage area and your device goes off. Bad idea. It's not like they'll have 100% coverage everywhere. If you go back into the woods, or go to another country....batteries will still exist, in some form or another.

Whatever, Luddite!

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: brandonbull
Didn't Tesla do this with much bigger lights like a 100 years ago? Wasn't he working on a large scale transmission tower like 80 years ago in Colorado?

This.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: OdiN
The statement about eliminating batteries...uhm no.

No battery, and an even small lapse in coverage area and your device goes off. Bad idea. It's not like they'll have 100% coverage everywhere. If you go back into the woods, or go to another country....batteries will still exist, in some form or another.

Whatever, Luddite!

I'm going to reverse the polarity on your magnets and put them around your neck while you sleep. That will really fuck up your ion alignment in your blood.