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ice91785 Posted: Sat, Aug 23 2008 6:29 PM

I was just paging through some tech articles and one cited this site talking about potential "wireless" electricity in the near-future --- its pretty basic sounding for now (restricted to smaller devices like phones and such) but interesting potential anyway near patent

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bob_on_the_cob replied on Sat, Aug 23 2008 9:54 PM

I have read about this. It would be cool it I could just walk into my house and my phone and ipod would start charging.

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digitaldd replied on Wed, Aug 27 2008 8:57 AM

Nikola Tesla is back from the dead.. DC rules AC drools.. Big Smile

 

sorry couldn't resist. Was watching The Prestige the other day nad  thought of Tesla when I saw this post. good movie FWIW..

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3vi1 replied on Wed, Aug 27 2008 12:05 PM

Unfortunately, if it's like the implementations I've seen:  this "wireless" energy transfer is just one step above a docking station.  It's usually employed as a mat that you sit the rechargeable device upon.  A far cry from the Tesla towers.

People read the stupidest things.  Like this sig, for instance.

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