Intel develops and demonstrates wireless electricity

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/wec.shtml

First thing I thought of. Yep, this technology has been around for years. Since April 1, 2003.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: 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.

What a callous fiend :|

 

[arrfep]

Is this the same technology as These guys?

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: slugg
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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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Why are you saying "wow"?

This is nothing new, and it fact is one of the older electrical technologies out there. It seems that there are so many young n00bs on this forum (and Dailytech) that are easily impressed by things which have been around for 100 years and they haven't heard about.

 

[Row1and]

This is really cool. I'll soon have a wireless fridge, TV, microwave, errthin' o' myne will be wireless!

 

[SparkyJJO]

If you think your cellphone at a few miliwatts causes cancer, wait until you are bombarded by kilowatts

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: slugg
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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.

Snipped.

Why are you saying "wow"?

This is nothing new, and it fact is one of the older electrical technologies out there. It seems that there are so many young n00bs on this forum (and Dailytech) that are easily impressed by things which have been around for 100 years and they haven't heard about.

Yeah. the stuff has been around for a while. It's just Electromagnetics. What make sthe challenge is doing this with 1. no loss, 2. no harm, and 3. longer distances. What makes this news bigger is the fact that Intel is behind it. Poor souls have shown this off in the past, but no one took them seriously. Infact, some guy in MA was howing his wireless cell charger off 2 years ago. He sold it to some company for 1 Million Dollars. This is probably that guys same product.

 

[tboo]

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?!?!?

LOL

 

[Gibson486]

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?!?!?

DUHHHH!!!!.....HELLO!!!!!!!!! All you need to do is make sure you are an electric field that is perpindicular to it 100% of the time. PFFFFFF...noobs

 

[imported_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.

 

[0]

MIT demonstrated this a few years ago. Why is Intel making it sound like they invented it?

 

[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.

 

[nonameo]

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, I think you should check the wattage on your laptop's AC adapter. You may be surprised.

 

[chuckywang]

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?!?!?

Those things are a scam. You just got scammed.

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: chuckywang

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?!?!?

Those things are a scam. You just got scammed.

No he didn't. You missed the sarcasm.

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: 0
MIT demonstrated this a few years ago. Why is Intel making it sound like they invented it?

Who holds a patent on the technology? MIT demonstrated the tech, but maybe they sat on the idea.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: Molondo
Didn't MIT develop this? Intel just improved it?

Yes, years ago, this is not an Intel invention.

 

[Acanthus]

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.

Supercapacitors!

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff

Originally posted by: chuckywang

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?!?!?

Those things are a scam. You just got scammed.

No he didn't. You missed the sarcasm.

sarcasm does not mathematically compute, that's why Chuckywang did not understand.

 

[Gothgar]

wow they can do something on a much smaller scale over a half a century after Tesla did it... crazy

 

[Rubycon]

So does this mean the police are going to have wireless tazers now? :Q

 

[imported_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!

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Eli
Wow! 60W!

That is impressive..

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

Pun intended?

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO
If you think your cellphone at a few miliwatts causes cancer, wait until you are bombarded by kilowatts

Just don't leave any popcorn laying around the house...

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

I foresee this being taken care of with a Faraday cage to reabsorb unused EM. Now if both the transmitter and cage were superconductive, there would be almost no waste.

I also foresee transferring the EM inside ceramic nanotubes. Will replace copper and electricity.

 

[SagaLore]

So great... 20 years from now, we'll all be relying on EM power, and the EM pulse from a single solar flare will wipe out our entire infrastructure.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: slugg
article

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.

Snipped.

Why are you saying "wow"?

This is nothing new, and it fact is one of the older electrical technologies out there. It seems that there are so many young n00bs on this forum (and Dailytech) that are easily impressed by things which have been around for 100 years and they haven't heard about.

:roll:

It doesn't matter if the technology has been around for 100 years.

I still can't power a lightbulb wirelessly. What the fuck is your point?