Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system

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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.

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

 

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Wireless power makes no sense to me.

1.) Wireless is shite compared to wired - that's physics for you.
2.) Is it such a horrible inconveniance to have that power cable? 90% of the time they're hidden behind our desks, beds, and other furniture.

Congratulations to intel for finally realising they created a hugely flawed solution to a problem that nobody has.

 

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Wireless power makes no sense to me.

1.) Wireless is shite compared to wired - that's physics for you.
2.) Is it such a horrible inconveniance to have that power cable? 90% of the time they're hidden behind our desks, beds, and other furniture.

Congratulations to intel for finally realising they created a hugely flawed solution to a problem that nobody has.

I suspect this kind of technology would be most useful for mobile devices so you would never need a battery.

 

[Zorak]

But then they're mobile up to the point where they lose power connection, i.e. Not very mobile.