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Sony Prototype Sends Electricity Through the Air

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the efficiency-is-overrated dept.

itwbennett writes "Sony announced Friday that it has developed a prototype power system based on magnetic resonance that can send 'a conventional 100 volt electricity supply over a distance of 50 centimeters to power a 22-inch LCD television.' Unfortunately, Sony's prototype wasted 1/5 of the power fed into it and additional losses 'occurred in circuitry connected to the secondary coil so the original 80 watts of power was cut by roughly a quarter to 60 watts once it had made its way through the system.'"

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  1. Japanese IQ and European IQ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Reading the original article causes us to think: Why have the Europeans (including ethnic Jews) and the Japanese accomplished so many breakthroughs in technology?

    Certainly, the Europeans dominate the winners of Noble Prizes in science.

    Germans invented the jet aircraft, the guided missile, the computer, calculus, etc. The English invented calculus. The French developed the metric system. Also, the Japanese have done quite well. They invented the blue light-emitting diode, hybrid engines for cars, process technologies for cost effectively producing large LCD screens, etc.

    The one group that is missing from this arena of technical accomplishments is Africans and African-Americans. Why are they absent?

    We know that African IQ is small than Japanese/European IQ by about 20 points. Can this large difference in IQ explain the gross failure of all societies dominated by Africans?

    1. Re:Japanese IQ and European IQ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      LOL. I bet you think you invented black butt plugs right? Those are just the big black cocks of people such as Charles Drew and Elijah McCoy. Enjoy it pasty boy.

  2. Japanese IQ and European IQ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Reading the original article causes us to think: Why have the Europeans (including ethnic Jews) and the Japanese accomplished so many breakthroughs in technology?

    Certainly, the Europeans dominate the winners of Noble Prizes in science.

    Germans invented the jet aircraft, the guided missile, the computer, calculus, etc. The English invented calculus. The French developed the metric system. Also, the Japanese have done quite well. They invented the blue light-emitting diode, hybrid engines for cars, process technologies for cost effectively producing large LCD screens, etc.

    The one group that is missing from this arena of technical accomplishments is Africans and African-Americans. Why are they absent?

    We know that African IQ is small than Japanese/European IQ by about 20 points. Can this large difference in IQ explain the gross failure of all societies dominated by Africans?