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Intel Claims an Advance In Wireless Power

Many readers are sending in coverage of a demo at Intel's developer forum of a wirelessly powered 60-watt bulb. The NYTimes gives background on Intel's improvement to the 'wireless resonant energy link' technology pioneered at MIT, where researchers achieved 50% efficiency of power transmitted several meters via magnetic fields. Intel reached 75% efficiency. Now they just have to make those coils a lot smaller.

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  1. Cancer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is the cancer that is killing slashdot!

  2. Re:What a waste of energy by MightyYar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Plus a nice pulsating magnetic field in the house?

    They'll sell more if they say it's "throbbing".

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  3. I knew it by Unclenefeesa · · Score: 5, Funny

    There had to be some truth in emails I received about cooking an egg between 2 cell phone !!

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  4. Re:This is new? by Dunbal · · Score: 2, Funny

    a fluctuating magnetic field created by an AC current through a solenoid inducing power in another solenoid .... Anyone care to enlighten me as to whether or not this is actually new?

          This one kills pigeons!

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  5. Ok, Slashdot team goal. by Chairboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Alright everyone, today's team building exercise will be to complete this discussion without mentioning Nicolai Tesla! Everyone, let's get together on this and try to avoid mentioning him in this thread and keep it entirely Tesla free! ...oh goddamnit.

  6. Re:What a waste of energy by beacher · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've used these wireless extension cords and they don't have the throbbing noise. Just don't walk between them.....

  7. Tesla would be spinning in his grave... by jolyonr · · Score: 5, Funny

    assuming his body had a ferrite core and was wrapped in copper wire, or something...

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  8. Re:What a waste of energy by NoPantsJim · · Score: 4, Funny

    Try and add it to your cart and it'll show the proper power output.

  9. Re:What a waste of energy by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 2, Funny

    He just turned 77 and he's healthier than a lot of guys my age.

    You're new here^h^h^h^h to statistics, aren't you?

  10. Re:alternative by SpacePunk · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now, that's just crazy talk.

  11. Re:What a waste of energy by querist · · Score: 2, Funny

    That 60Hz is also a good B-flat in case you need to tune a musical instrument.

  12. Re:What a waste of energy by mrops · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tech Support: This is tech support, how may I help you.

    Customer: I powered my Wireless USB Harddrive with this nifty Wireless power thing from Intel, My Harddrive is not showing any data, in fact my computer says the drive is not even formatted.

  13. Re:What a waste of energy by binaryseraph · · Score: 3, Funny

    Plus a nice pulsating magnetic field in the house?

    They'll sell more if they say it's "throbbing".

    Only if they are selling to women.

    Apparently you have never come here to San Francisco.

  14. Re:What a waste of energy by Hyppy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have you heard of that thing called "world", of which your country is only a small part... ;-)

    In many parts of the world, you only need to remove the heat for 3 or 4 months out of the year... waste heat isn't wasted in the winter.

  15. Re:What a waste of energy by Poltras · · Score: 2, Funny

    I never signed anything.

  16. I'm going to wait on this technology until ... by Skapare · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... they figure out to encrypt it so people can't steal my wireless power.

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  17. Re:What a waste of energy by hedwards · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sure it was, he and Orange Julian used to hang out all the time with corporal Saunders.

  18. Re:What a waste of energy by kestasjk · · Score: 1, Funny

    -1 Comfortable Falsehood

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  19. Re:What a waste of energy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Holy fuck, do you realize what this means? PCB, arsenic, and creosote must prevent cancer!