[coyote]

Thanks for the thoughtful posts, gg3. You've certainly clarified this issue.

Here's a rather humorous blog post relating to the little side discussion:

Cellphone cooks egg

Silly as hell, but you know I've got to try it now....

[kolm]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Judgie', 'O')k, let's all get back on track.

Being able to have our mobile phones and laptops post-peak is all good if we have the generation capacity in place. The real concern though is, can this system be used to power transportation systems as they are today, or is it only good for small scale applications?

[steam_cannon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('coyote', 'T')hanks for the thoughtful posts, gg3. You've certainly clarified this issue.

Here's a rather humorous blog post relating to the little side discussion:

Cellphone cooks egg

Silly as hell, but you know I've got to try it now....

[coyote]

Ah, I wouldn't have gotten around to it anyway.

[jasonraymondson]

{thread merged by emersonbiggins - a simple search for "wireless electricity" would have resulted in this thread}

MIT has figured out how power object through electromagnetic wireless energy.

http://www.boston.com/business/technolo ... out_wires/

Imagine, cars that run not on gas, but on electricty sent through the air.

[asdar]

This is a new way. They know that wireless transmission of power has been done before, they mentioned Tesla and transformers in their own report. It's used in transformers across the country.

What they've done that's slightly different is to improve resonate coupling. Resonate coupling transmits at a certain frequency eliminating a lot of the waste. They've increased the distance, and the efficiency.

At this point I don't care about health risks, it doesn't even enter into the realm of scientific research so why bother before they try to apply this tech to the real world. Anyone producing products is held to the same liability, so they'd be stupid not to test for safety.

Efficiency of course matters, but there is energy to be had, if we're willing to go the extra mile to get it. The least important use of this in my opinion is powering cell phones and laptops. That's just convenience.

[kublikhan]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gg3', 'A')ll the folks in this thread who are in favor of this technology have just placed their hands in a monkey trap.
Did you notice the part where MIT said that the energy transfer is presently 60% efficient, and could be raised to 80% efficient?
Translation: At present, 40% of the energy is wasted, and at best, 20% of the energy would be wasted.
Further translation: Just when we need to reduce energy consumption, along comes a technology that would increase energy consumption by 20% to 40% for the devices it powers. And if you want to limit it to low-power devices, all you're doing is creating the latest class of "energy vampires," exactly akin to those little wall-wart transformers that, in another topic, folks here discovered (with the aid of their Kill-A-Watt meters) were sucking down electricity in their homes to a degree they had never thought possible.
Further translation: Once again, the false god of convenience has trumped common sense.
F---ing shameful if you ask me, or even if you don't.

[outcast]

NECROTHREADAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kublikhan', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gg3', 'A')ll the folks in this thread who are in favor of this technology have just placed their hands in a monkey trap.
Did you notice the part where MIT said that the energy transfer is presently 60% efficient, and could be raised to 80% efficient?
Translation: At present, 40% of the energy is wasted, and at best, 20% of the energy would be wasted.
Further translation: Just when we need to reduce energy consumption, along comes a technology that would increase energy consumption by 20% to 40% for the devices it powers. And if you want to limit it to low-power devices, all you're doing is creating the latest class of "energy vampires," exactly akin to those little wall-wart transformers that, in another topic, folks here discovered (with the aid of their Kill-A-Watt meters) were sucking down electricity in their homes to a degree they had never thought possible.
Further translation: Once again, the false god of convenience has trumped common sense.
F---ing shameful if you ask me, or even if you don't.

[kublikhan]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'W')HAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? This thread has been dead for two years. WTF