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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. 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 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.

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

      Depends on what you do with the baby...

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  2. "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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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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  5. 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.