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Pushing 800W of Wireless Power at 5 Meters

Posted by timothy on from the distance-rocks dept.

Joe Decker writes "The Nevada Lightning Laboratory has experimented with Nicola Tesla's methods of wireless power transmission to push 800 Watts over 5 meters, besting MITs mark of 60W over 2 meters last year. (May I dream of wireless laptop power? I hate power cords.)"

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  1. Nikola Tesla by VeNoM0619 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The link: "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla"
    The summary Nicola Tesla's

    Who is right? The world may never know...

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  2. Maybe... by dmp123 · · Score: 5, Funny

    May I dream of wireless laptop power? I hate power cords

    Depends - do you want kids in future?

    1. Re:Maybe... by UnknowingFool · · Score: 4, Funny
      This is /. The chances of him having kids would greatly increase if he did the following things in order:
      1. Get out of parent's basement once in a while.
      2. Talk to a girl.
      3. Get girl to go out on a date.
      4. ????
      5. Girl gives birth.
      6. Profit!!

      For those of you who are wondering about step 4, let the rest of us know when you figure it out cause I need to get out of this basement first before I figure it out.

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    2. Re:Maybe... by PortHaven · · Score: 5, Funny

      Your item #6 needs more unit testing.

      I am not sure that 6 is profit. Usually it correlates to a loss in profits.

    3. Re:Maybe... by genner · · Score: 4, Funny

      For those of you who are wondering about step 4, let the rest of us know when you figure it out

      Step 4 was not using wireless power on your lap

      I thought it was kissing and holding hands at the same time.

    4. Re:Maybe... by Poltras · · Score: 5, Funny

      Depends on what you do with the baby...

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  3. Wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is making my hair stand on end just thinking about this achievement.

    Or I am a little too close.

  4. Re:Lets think about this for a while by yfkar · · Score: 4, Funny

    I won't be using that laptop without a less than 50 ft pole. And definitely will be keeping the shorter one far away from that power source.

  5. "May I dream of wireless laptop power ?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, you can. But I have it already. It's called a battery.

  6. Re:more interesting: Self-Powered 'Automatons.' by lxs · · Score: 5, Funny

    You could probably run a car on the stray emissions of a city. But running one car per city is mostly useless. There would be fights over who'd get to sit up front.

  7. Re:Lets think about this for a while by Brad1138 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think I'll pass on that. Don't really want that sort of power aimed directly at the boys.

    This early test subject agrees.

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  8. Re:Lets think about this for a while by amRadioHed · · Score: 5, Funny

    One devices that replaces your power cords and condoms? How convenient.

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  9. Re:hmmmm by KovaaK · · Score: 4, Funny

    Plus, I along with many, many others would not like to have my reproductive organs anywhere near such a device.

    Wait... did you just invoke Rule # 34?

  10. Re:Lets think about this for a while by droopycom · · Score: 4, Funny

    WARNING: Wireless Power does not protect against STDs.

    (I see why those stupid warning labels are required now)

  11. One Question, seriously by Muad'Dave · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's the frequency, Kenneth?

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  12. Re:Finally good news! by jimicus · · Score: 5, Funny

    We finally have a method of male contraception that doesn't involve surgery, abstinence, or a woman's permission! I'll take that laptop, son. I'm too old for more kids!

    We already had one, it's called slashdot.

  13. Re:Lets think about this for a while by theaveng · · Score: 4, Funny

    >>>every time you step outdoors, the Sun bathes you in EM waves!

    The What bathes me in EM waves? I need more info here to parse your sentence.

    >look
    It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

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  14. Re:hmmmm by PlasticArmyMan · · Score: 3, Funny

    As opposed to non-radioactive radiation?

  15. Re:hmmmm by uglydog · · Score: 3, Funny

    and that adult bath toy the battery powered vibrator.

    Oh, pure genius! I never even *considered* taking adult toys into the bath! Sign me up for your newsletter!

  16. Re:Lets think about this for a while by Terrasque · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, it does have the potential ability to cause DNA recombination errors. Just like you have the potential ability of winning 50 times in the lottery, then get killed by a terrier thrown out of the 33rd floor by a bald 53 and a half year old man wearing only boxers.

    In the same vein, I think we should ban terriers.

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