Wireless electricity is now a reality, apparently:

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/132/brilliant.html

Wireless electricity is now a reality, apparently:

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/132/brilliant.html

How do you determine who is receiving this electricity, and where do you send the bill?

Ken V.

Wireless electricity is now a reality, apparently:

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/132/brilliant.html

Holy shit. I just keep saying it. Holy shit holy shit holy shit... Somewhere Good ol' Tesla is laughing in the face of Thomas Edison's ghost. About damned time!

But Ken is right about how are they going to charge for this.

I doubt that the devices which could power a whole house would actually be for sale. I imagine that you'd have to rent them on a monthly basis. Then there would be the fees of properly 'tuning' all of the electronics that you want to work off of your rented device. That sounds like a good thing. It makes sure no one else is leeching off of your power. But if you move you'll need to get everything retuned. Or if you buy a new tv you'll have to have it properly tuned.

That's what I'm getting out of this. Sounds like a pain in the ass but I'm sure that several years down the road it may be commonplace.

I doubt that the devices which could power a whole house would actually be for sale. I imagine that you'd have to rent them on a monthly basis. Then there would be the fees of properly 'tuning' all of the electronics that you want to work off of your rented device. That sounds like a good thing. It makes sure no one else is leeching off of your power. But if you move you'll need to get everything retuned. Or if you buy a new tv you'll have to have it properly tuned.

That's what I'm getting out of this. Sounds like a pain in the ass but I'm sure that several years down the road it may be commonplace.

That makes sense. Like a secure wireless router for internet access. This is seriously cool stuff.

Wireless power...amazing. Once the infighting and "bugs" are worked out I can see this taking off like a rocket. Retro-fitting devices and the newer wire-less products will generate...haha......a bit of new industry for this country. That's of course if we don't allow foreign investment into it.

I can't see these devices powering a home or a building just yet. Small electronics being recharged makes sense. A company sending out waves of free power to be used by the public? No, that's not going to happen.

Holy crap, I know what I want!

An electric car with one of these devices installed in it. A car that will run indefinitely... That would be freaking amazing.

Holy crap, I know what I want!

An electric car with one of these devices installed in it. A car that will run indefinitely... That would be freaking amazing.

Now THAT would be a major advance in technology!

Ken V.

I can't see these devices powering a home or a building just yet. Small electronics being recharged makes sense. A company sending out waves of free power to be used by the public? No, that's not going to happen.

Oh, I'm sure President Obama will find a way. Didn't he promise us Charge You Can Believe In?