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Wireless Power Companies Merge, But No Real-Life Devices Yet

Posted by timothy on from the wait-'til-you-can't-avoid-the-power-zones dept.

A hopeful anonymous reader writes "It looks like Splashpower (Or what is left of it anyway) was purchased by the company behind eCoupled. Hopefully this means that interoperable wireless power is one step closer to reality as two of the companies trying to comercialize the technology are now the same." (US readers, read "administration" as "bankruptcy.")

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  1. Re:I thought tesla already did all this?? by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There is a claim that Tesla drove an electric car powered only by a small device that he made from simple parts purchased from a retail store, yes.

    However, there is no verification of this claim (like many of the other claims of Tesla's supposedly-amazing inventions.)

    While there is a great tendency to credit these claims (I have it too) there is no supporting evidence except one supposed-eyewitness account. The best I would say is that if I would believe it of anyone, I would believe it of Tesla, who saw the design for efficiently producing AC fully-formed in his head while reciting (or was it listening to?) a poem.

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