Intel develops and demonstrates wireless electricity

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Baloo
Tesla put far more into developing wireless power transmittal than intel's little experiment, and it was not feasable then, it's not feasable now. Too much wasted power. And a 60 watt bulb uses a lot less energy than a typical laptop, that's just ludicrous to say otherwise. If the human body was not effected by magnetic fields, Magnetic resonance imaging would not work. A bunch of hooey, that is all this is.

My laptop's power adapter is 60W.

 

[Leros]

Nikola Tesla did this over 100 years ago.

I think I saw a device that pulls already existing waves (wifi, radio, etc) out of the air to provide power to low power device.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Leros
Nikola Tesla did this over 100 years ago.

Would you people stop saying sh!t like this?

Yes, he did. Yes, the idea is nothing new.

That doesn't change the fact that I can't go to the store and buy wireless power infrastructure. Get it?

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: Baloo

Originally posted by: biggestmuff

Originally posted by: Baloo
Tesla put far more into developing wireless power transmittal than intel's little experiment, and it was not feasable then, it's not feasable now. Too much wasted power. And a 60 watt bulb uses a lot less energy than a typical laptop, that's just ludicrous to say otherwise. If the human body was not effected by magnetic fields, Magnetic resonance imaging would not work. A bunch of hooey, that is all this is.

Uh, MRIs work. A body in an MRI tube is unaffected by the magnetic fields.

Yeah, they work, but if the body were not affected by it, the imaging part of it would produce a blank screen. Wow, lack of reading comprehension FTL!

The body is unaffected. The body affects the MRI equipment, thus producing an image.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: Baloo

Originally posted by: biggestmuff

Originally posted by: Baloo
Tesla put far more into developing wireless power transmittal than intel's little experiment, and it was not feasable then, it's not feasable now. Too much wasted power. And a 60 watt bulb uses a lot less energy than a typical laptop, that's just ludicrous to say otherwise. If the human body was not effected by magnetic fields, Magnetic resonance imaging would not work. A bunch of hooey, that is all this is.

Uh, MRIs work. A body in an MRI tube is unaffected by the magnetic fields.

Yeah, they work, but if the body were not affected by it, the imaging part of it would produce a blank screen. Wow, lack of reading comprehension FTL!

You are injected with a dye that reacts to it, your body really is unaffected by it.

 

[TruePaige]

http://www.newscientist.com/ar...esla-and-tunguska.html

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Baloo

Originally posted by: biggestmuff

Originally posted by: Baloo
Tesla put far more into developing wireless power transmittal than intel's little experiment, and it was not feasable then, it's not feasable now. Too much wasted power. And a 60 watt bulb uses a lot less energy than a typical laptop, that's just ludicrous to say otherwise. If the human body was not effected by magnetic fields, Magnetic resonance imaging would not work. A bunch of hooey, that is all this is.

Uh, MRIs work. A body in an MRI tube is unaffected by the magnetic fields.

Yeah, they work, but if the body were not affected by it, the imaging part of it would produce a blank screen. Wow, lack of reading comprehension FTL!

Psssst...

It's the other way around. Your body is not affected by the MRI. However, the MRI equipment is affected by your body.

 

[Colt45]

BS on the 'safe' part.

 

[0]

I'll sign on when they get to 1.21 Jiggawatts

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: 0
I'll sign on when they get to 1.21 Jiggawatts

Not unless it powers a car capable of going 88 miles an hour.

 

[Bignate603]

Originally posted by: Baloo

Originally posted by: biggestmuff

Originally posted by: Baloo
Tesla put far more into developing wireless power transmittal than intel's little experiment, and it was not feasable then, it's not feasable now. Too much wasted power. And a 60 watt bulb uses a lot less energy than a typical laptop, that's just ludicrous to say otherwise. If the human body was not effected by magnetic fields, Magnetic resonance imaging would not work. A bunch of hooey, that is all this is.

Uh, MRIs work. A body in an MRI tube is unaffected by the magnetic fields.

Yeah, they work, but if the body were not affected by it, the imaging part of it would produce a blank screen. Wow, lack of reading comprehension FTL!

The use MRI technology to look at single molecules to figure out their structure without changing them. If they can do this to single molecules please explain to me how it will affect you?

Also, my monster 17 inch laptop has a 72 watt power brick and that's enough to both power it and charge its battery. I'm sure a smaller laptop can be well under 60 watts, especially if you aren't charging the battery.

 

[thomsbrain]

My Sonicare toothbrush does the exact same thing (wireless charging) and no one gets their nerd panties in a twist over that. Granted, it's a tiny current and the distance is a matter of millimeters, but this isn't a new concept.

I kinda have to wonder what blasting that strong of a magnetic field around is going to do to people's watches, CRT monitors, people's pant zippers, etc. Not to mention they are talking about beaming power to laptops... uh... HARD DRIVE? I don't buy the bunk about them causing cancer or any of that, but speakers are magnetically shielded for a reason; there are multiple devices around every person's home that are damaged by strong magnetic fields.