http://tech.msn.com/news/...px?cp-documentid=17279923
This year probably won't be the tipping point for wireless electricity. But judging from all the new techniques and applications of this awe-inspiring technology, getting power through the airwaves could soon be viable.
Fulton Innovations showcased blenders that whir wirelessly and laptops that power up without a battery at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month. The devices are all powered by electromagnetic coils built into the charging surface, and there's not a plug in sight.
Fulton's wireless electricity technology is called eCoupled, and the company hopes it can be used across a wide rage of consumer devices. Fulton was one of half a dozen companies that wowed consumers at CES.
What do you guys think? This may revolutionized the office, the home, and many other things
I want an electric car.
I think a guy named Tesla experimented with this a little under a century ago...
My old rechargable toothbrush made use of this inductive charging about 10 years ago (i do have a new toothbrush since then)... old technology is old! Basic principal is the same as a transformer.
I think a guy named Tesla experimented with this a little under a century ago...
Yes, Nikola Tesla experimented with wireless electricity (eg. demonstrating the illumination of vacuum bulbs without any wires connected to the bulbs at the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893).
My old rechargable toothbrush made use of this inductive charging about 10 years ago (i do have a new toothbrush since then)... old technology is old! Basic principal is the same as a transformer.
This, seriously exaclty this. It's an A-level question.
Which in this side of the pond equates to a SAT/ACT question.
Why does this seem so so dangerous
If they're going to be pumping electricity into the air to maximize the effectiveness of this... well, there's a million ways that could go wrong. =P
A static shock from a sock on a carpet would burn you alive. 
Touching a door knob would blast you through the wall behind you.
...Sounds like fun.
IIRC the real problem is how much energy is wasted doing these amazing feats. Tesla's trick of being able to power a light bulb simply by plugging it into the ground is cool, but he basically had to drain the entire town's power grid each night to do so.
When will we harvest the mitochondria of the dead and then feed it the flesh of the dead
