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Wireless Electricity Set to Power Village

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the keep-it-away-from-your-boy-parts dept.

freedommatters writes "The UK Sunday Times has a story today about how "Scientists have successfully applied the technology used in microwave ovens to beam electricity without the need for unsightly pylons and overhead cables." A prototype has illuminated a handful of light bulbs and they expect to be able to power a remote village within three years."

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  1. Interesting, but... by UWC · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can feel my brain warming already.

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  2. Wireless Electricity by termos · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the beginning they called it lightning, now they call it Wireless Electricity!

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  3. Re:Any Risks? by Bones3D_mac · · Score: 5, Funny

    And kids with four fingers on each hand instead of three. ;-P

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  4. Solar energy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is a similar concept. Radiation from the sun converted into electricity.

  5. Re:Dangers? by Loosewire · · Score: 5, Funny

    What safegaurds are there to make sure nothing gets in the way of the beam?

    I think theyre going to put wires around it which are held up by pylons...

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  6. Rectenna?! by psyconaut · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Microwaves for the electricity are targeted via antennas and reflectors at a ?rectenna? (from the words rectifier and antenna), "

    I'm glad they defined a rectenna for me...I thought it was an antenna you stuck up your ass! ;-)

    -psy

  7. Tesla Reference in... by gaudior · · Score: 4, Funny

    Five, Four, Three, Two, One....

  8. Not totally related but amusing by worst_name_ever · · Score: 4, Funny
    We once had a customer at the electronics design place I work for ask for a product with a size that was physically too small to contain the battery that they wanted to use. When informed of this, they asked, "well, couldn't you put the battery somewhere else and send power through Bluetooth?" Needless to say, we all laughed.

    But really, now that I think of it, I should have told them that it would have worked if they'd implemented RFC 3251 over 802.11! ;)

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  9. Re:Interesting, but dangerous? by Maudib · · Score: 4, Funny

    I remember reading about a proposal to send power to the earth this way. By having a massive solar cell array in space transmitting microwaves to a giant receiver on earth, you could gather lots of energy.

    Yeah, the "Proposal" was called Sim City 3000 as I recall. I also recall the "proposal" included random attacks by godzilla.

  10. Re:Tumor-Tastic by TopShelf · · Score: 5, Funny

    But on the bright side, all you have to do is lift a hot dog on a stick up into the air, and you've got lunch in under 2 minutes!

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