Gov't Researchers Develop Wireless Car Chargers That Are Faster Than Plug-ins (computerworld.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Tuesday April 5, 2016 @03:19PM from the government-research dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Computerworld: The U.S. Department of Energy has demonstrated a 20,000 watt (20KW) wireless car-charging system that offers three times the efficiency of today's plug-in systems for electric vehicles (EVs). The research is the first step in creating a 50KW wireless charging system that may someday allow roadways to charge vehicles while they are being driven. The DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee demonstrated the new system in partnership with Toyota, Cisco Systems, Evatran and the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research. ORNL said the 20KW charging system for passenger cars is the world's highest power wireless system. It was developed in less than three years using a "unique architecture that included an ORNL-built inverter, isolation transformer, vehicle-side electronics and coupling technologies."

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Re:Wireless charging is probably dangerous by SJ · 2016-04-05 17:14 · Score: 0, Troll

It's also been shown that too much exposure [to MRI] causes cancer.
Total BS.
Then why do radiologists always stand behind lead-lined walls/glass when they operate the machines?