Wireless Car Charger Test Starts In London

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Wireless Car Charger Test Starts In London

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @07:58AM from the premium-hamster-wheel-technology dept.

judgecorp writes "A test of wireless chargers for electric vehicles has started in London. The Halo system owned by Qualcomm is one of several competing technologies designed to deliver power to charge car batteries without having to plug the vehicles in. At this stage, Qualcomm is apparently worried about frying cats."

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Not a bug by godrik · 2012-07-25 08:00 · Score: 5, Funny

"At this stage, Qualcomm is apparently worried about frying cats."
It's not a bug, it is a feature!
1. Re:Not a bug by SolitaryMan · 2012-07-25 08:14 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  All cats have long moved to the Internet so need to worry about this at all.
  
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Welll.... by cayenne8 · 2012-07-25 08:00 · Score: 1, Funny

...as long as it is just cats, I think that would be acceptable.
As long as it doesn't harm dogs!!!

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1. Re:Welll.... by residieu · 2012-07-25 08:25 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  My dog doesn't poop everywhere! He's trained to use your sidewalk.
Simple Solution by twmcneil · 2012-07-25 08:09 · Score: 1, Funny

Just build more Chinese Restaurants.

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Flying Cars not Frying Cats by Tekfactory · 2012-07-25 08:16 · Score: 4, Funny

Qualcomm clearly didn't understand my voice mail.
Re:What % of electricity is lost compare to a wire by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-25 08:19 · Score: 5, Funny

If it is anything like wireless gasoline fueling the loss is near 100%. I'm often in a hurry and poking the gas nozzle into my car's gashole is way too time consuming, so I usually just squeeze the handle in its general direction and hope for the best.