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Physicists Promise Wireless Power
StrongGlad writes "The tangle of cables and plugs needed to recharge today's electronic gadgets could soon be a thing of the past. Researchers at MIT have outlined a relatively simple system that could deliver power wirelessly to devices such as laptop computers or MP3 players. In a nutshell, their solution entails installing special 'non-radiative' antennae with identical resonant frequencies on both the power transmitter and the receiving device. Any energy not diverted into a gadget or appliance is simply reabsorbed. The system currently under development is designed to operate at distances of 3 to 5 meters, but the researchers claim that it could be adapted to factory-scale applications, or miniaturized for use in the 'microscopic world.'"
I bet I'm not the only one here who has taken the piss out of someone for asking if they can get a wireless power supply for their laptop
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I can't see
that's why you're not a genius.
now the people driving around in vans stealing my wireless don't even have to stop to recharge their laptops.
All that hardware, and a rats nest too? You sure keep a busy office...
If I told you you had a beautiful body, would you press it against me?
lol.
Rats are awsome critters, very friendly and social. I finally got them to stop gnawing on my feet. I even still have three toes left!
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It would also suck to have a random bdy part resonate in a similar frequency ...
:)
I dunno, I guess it all depends on exactly WHICH body part we're talking about... this might revolutionize the online pr0n industry
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
tesla promised not only wireless power, but also death ray. could you make sure you deliver that to?
thanks!
signed,
technology historians for the realization of past promises
ps: don't think we've forgotten about those rocket cars mr. popular science!
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
This amazing new "wire-less" technology is the all the rage to-day.
...welcome our new tumor causing overlords!
-"...bad old ideas look confusingly fresh when they are packaged as technology" - Jaron Lanier (Digital Maoism on Edge.o
Fortunately there are no health issues with Lithium-ion batteries. I sleep with my laptop.
Intron: the portion of DNA which expresses nothing useful.
Didn't he do that "Little Suzie" song?
Pi Ran Out
The article mentions resonant frequencies, and I'm suddenly reminded of a certain visor-wearing Starfleet officer always blaming the phase-inducers for some damn thing to do with resonant frequencies...
A-Bomb
that was interesting
what was it about?
People/other objects not affected as not resonating at 6.4Mhz
Speak for yourself, meatbag!
Finally, a solution to Boston traffic!
Whoever modded this insightful obviously wears magnetic immortality rings.
sudo killall humans
Thats why I try not to move around too much, go out in the sun, or wear pants.
Any one of those could heat up my cells a little bit and give me cancer!
"It's never the things that happen to us that upset us, it's our view of them." -Epictetus
You can buy "Wireless extension cords" from ThinkGeek.com
And no, I haven't RTFA.
My what a good excuse for us geeks to go and get a beer!
Telsa is vindicated! Pass me a beer!
It's Wednesday! Pass me another beer!
If Mr. Edison had thought smarter he wouldn't sweat as much. --Nikola Tesla
As others have mentioned the author and title of the story you're looking for, I'd just like to chip in that, in a similar vein, "Blood Music" by Greg Bear is also quite good. It's about a guy who invents intelligent white blood cells and injects himself with them.
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