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Wireless Electricity

Postby sirhc55 on Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:01 pm

It’s coming folks:

http://www.wildcharge.com/
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Postby christiand on Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:07 pm

That would be a nice thing.

BRAUN electric tooth brushes already charge contactless, via induction.

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Postby digitor on Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:17 pm

Finally this will make possible one of Steven Wright's brilliant innovations - the Cordless Extension Cord. :lol: :lol:

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Postby Glen on Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:19 pm

Chris that looks fantastic, I could imagine a desk covered in the stuff, or maybe a bed.

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Postby adam on Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:30 pm

christiand wrote:That would be a nice thing.

BRAUN electric tooth brushes already charge contactless, via induction.

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oh! so that's how.
I always put my toothbrush in the charger with much amazement. Seeing as there is no conductor contact... Often lifting the charger to stick my finger through it, and putting the toothbrush on and off. It's amazing!
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Postby Matt. K on Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:59 pm

My torch is wireless. Has been for years. :shock:
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Postby Killakoala on Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:37 pm

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Postby ATJ on Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:47 pm

My car is wireless.
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Postby sirhc55 on Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:51 pm

ATJ wrote:My car is wireless.


I would have thought there would be quite a few wires in car :wink: :lol: :lol:
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Postby christiand on Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:56 pm

Steve,

just wear some medevial metal mesh clothing or aluminium foil. :lol: BTW I have noticed that some americans say aluminum :shock:

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Postby ATJ on Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:01 pm

sirhc55 wrote:
ATJ wrote:My car is wireless.


I would have thought there would be quite a few wires in car :wink: :lol: :lol:

And how many are in a "wireless laptop"?
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Postby sirhc55 on Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:50 pm

ATJ wrote:
sirhc55 wrote:
ATJ wrote:My car is wireless.


I would have thought there would be quite a few wires in car :wink: :lol: :lol:

And how many are in a "wireless laptop"?


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Postby Old Bob on Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:14 am

What will they call a loose connection or a hot joint, and will we still be able to blame house fires on "electrical fault"?

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Postby ATJ on Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:47 am

It does remind me of when I was a little fella listening to the wireless. Not only did the "wireless" contain many wires, it was tethered to the wall with wires to provide it with power, not to mention the wire for the antenna.
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Postby sirhc55 on Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:00 am

ATJ wrote:It does remind me of when I was a little fella listening to the wireless. Not only did the "wireless" contain many wires, it was tethered to the wall with wires to provide it with power, not to mention the wire for the antenna.


When I was a little fella we called it a Radio :)
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Postby Yi-P on Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:03 pm

It is a resonant effect between the 'charge plate' and the coil wiring inside those devices. We did try something like this in our lab and able to get a very small amount of energy off a wireless emitting device inside a room. Many others are developing this thecnology as well, after they fix up the interference with other devices/human, you will not need to bring a charger at all for your mobile devices. A room fitting with this 'power emitter' will allow you to use your laptop, phone, PDA or whatever without even worrying about battery. :P
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Postby obzelite on Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:44 am

jeez, bit funny the apple fanboys aren't jumping up and down saying apple invented this first, i guess MS will have to steal the idea before they crawl out from under their rocks :P

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07 ... rging.html


i believe this is very different in thinking to previous ideas of transmitting power in that its using a magnetic field, thus doesn't affect humans at all the way radio waves do
or like the US army's testing of microwave point to point power transmission that fries everything in the line of sight.

i wouldn't think it would take too long for them to figure out how to tune the receiver part of this device to the earths magnetic resonance and generate free power.
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Postby Yi-P on Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:35 am

Talking about 'green power', if they can actually use Earth's magnetism to generate electricity and make it public then commercialised, we should start laughing at Energy Australia while we can... :lol:

.... Meanwhile, just have to pay our bills :evil:
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Postby Steffen on Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:09 am

You cannot use a static magnetic field as an energy source without exhausting it.

On the other hand, electromagnetic fields are great at transporting energy. Most of the energy stored in the Earth has been sent to it via electromagnetism from the sun.

Australia should start exploiting geothermal energy, which we are blessed with in abundance. This could turn out as cheap as coal and last us a hundred years.

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Postby surenj on Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:42 pm

obzelite wrote:or like the US army's testing of microwave point to point power transmission that fries everything in the line of sight.


This sounds like a weapon out of a computer game... :mrgreen:
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Postby gstark on Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:42 pm

christiand wrote:That would be a nice thing.


As would this.
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Postby gstark on Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:45 pm

Killakoala wrote:Something else to give us cancer. Where will it end?


Cancer is a terminal disease, right?

So, at the terminus. :(
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Postby stetner on Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:45 pm

christiand wrote:Steve,

just wear some medevial metal mesh clothing or aluminium foil. :lol: BTW I have noticed that some americans say aluminum :shock:

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That is because the Canadians and US citizens spell it differently :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#Present-day_spelling
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