Comments on: Who needs batteries?

By: Nigel

Nigel — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:53:12 +0000

Not sure about being surrounded by a really strong magnetic field (is that how this works?), but until it becomes a reality, there’s some new batteries that can be charged via USB, so no need for a charger…

By: tdave

tdave — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:24:24 +0000

What ended Teslas developement of his invention was that his financial backer J.P. Morgan pulled out because no one could figure out how to charge(authenticate) customers. More info at the website www(dot)teslatech(dot)info/
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By: matt

matt — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:13:19 +0000

I seem to recall that this was one of the top 100 april fools jokes. How bizarre to see it come true afterall.

By: ArtW

ArtW — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:37:00 +0000

Everything Old is New Again! Read Heinlein’s “Waldo”, from so long ago that the pages of the book are yellow and crumbly. Broadcast power as a boon/menace.

By: n2y2

n2y2 — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:30:01 +0000

Relax. These devices are already everywhere around us in the form of transformers. (No, not the robots.)

Every “power brick”, gas engine (the coil), and power line out there is using this technology already. The only difference is that these transformers use the coils to raise or lower the voltage; a process called stepping.

The only thing unique about this solution is that they put the coils some distance apart.

Besides this technology won’t catch on until someone figures out how to authenticate users. It just would not do to give power away to anyone walking by.

By: Bassman

Bassman — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:41:42 +0000

…I gotta wear shades.

By: ajadoniz

ajadoniz — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:45:51 +0000

CANCER! CANCER! CANCER! CANCER! lol i can hear it already… hope all the kinks are worked out.

By: Ignacio Rosenberg

Ignacio Rosenberg — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:00:23 +0000

I don’t know about this, do we really want another electromagnetic field working in a very high frequency hanging around our airspace?

I hope they look into all the aspects of this technology before they try to market it.

On the other hand…cool!!!