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Edav Nomad · 08-22-2008, 12:08 PM

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Intel on Thursday showed off a wireless electric power system that analysts say could revolutionize modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets.

Intel chief technology officer Justin Rattner demonstrated a Wireless Energy Resonant Link as he spoke at the California firm's annual developers forum in San Francisco.

Electricity was sent wirelessly to a lamp on stage, lighting a 60 watt bulb that uses more power than a typical laptop computer.
Most importantly, the electricity was transmitted without zapping anything or anyone that got between the sending and receiving units.

"The trick with wireless power is not can you do it; it's can you do it safely and efficiently," Intel researcher Josh Smith said in an online video explaining the breakthrough.

"It turns out the human body is not affected by magnetic fields; it is affected by elective fields. So what we are doing is transmitting energy using the magnetic field not the electric field."

Examples of potential applications include airports, offices or other buildings that could be rigged to supply power to laptops, mobile telephones or other devices toted into them.

The technology could also be built into plugged in computer components, such as monitors, to enable them to broadcast power to devices left on desks or carried into rooms, according to Smith.

Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system - Yahoo! News

ZATZAi · 08-22-2008, 02:46 PM

That article doesn't get very far into the science of it. I rather wonder if this is the same method that Tesla created and was perfecting (But never finished) for the wireless transmission of power...

Edav Nomad · 08-22-2008, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ZATZAi

That article doesn't get very far into the science of it. I rather wonder if this is the same method that Tesla created and was perfecting (But never finished) for the wireless transmission of power...

It looks like it could be the same or very similar.

Wireless energy transfer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Schumann resonances - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Malachi · 08-22-2008, 05:12 PM

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So what we are doing is transmitting energy using the magnetic field not the electric field.

Cool, not only do they have a wireless power source but have managed to break the laws of physics too!

Aaron Edelweiss · 08-22-2008, 06:13 PM

how is induction breaking the laws of physics?

Dnate Mars · 08-22-2008, 11:01 PM

I fail to see how any physics laws are broken. Am I missing something?

Bams · 08-22-2008, 11:40 PM

That sounds pretty cool.

Malachi · 08-23-2008, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Aaron Edelweiss

how is induction breaking the laws of physics?

Well you can't have a useful (work producing) static magnetic field; it has to oscillate to do any work. An oscillating magnetic field produces an associated and proportional electrical current. I don't see how you can have one without the other, but E&M was never my strong suit.

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