Amazing we will be taking the plasma camping

[snotsnfarts]

I was in the pub and ann Irishman was telling me they were perfecting wireless electricity, needless to say I bet him £20 he was talking cr** oh dear

http://news.yahoo.com/story/afp/20080821/ts_afp/us...

[clonmult]

You've never heard of Tesla coils? Wireless transmission of electricity isn't exactly new. Well, if you count 100+ years old as new ....

[Jasandjules]

It's cool though isn't it.

I am impressed by my electric toothbrush charging the way it does.

[Dirty Boy]

Jasandjules said:

I am impressed by my electric toothbrush charging the way it does.

Same here, I spent ages trying to figure out how it was working!

[OzzyR1]

Dirty Boy said:

Jasandjules said:

I am impressed by my electric toothbrush charging the way it does.

Same here, I spent ages trying to figure out how it was working!

Haha, I thought I wa the only one!!

I had never had anything that worked like that before and spent ages peering at it when it first arrived!!

[illmonkey]

Dirty Boy said:

Jasandjules said:

I am impressed by my electric toothbrush charging the way it does.

Same here, I spent ages trying to figure out how it was working!

Me too. But when i saw it was by magic I rested. Magic is clever

[jmorgan]

I just hate to think that you want to get away from it all for a weekend and settling back for the night after a slap up camp fire meal and the whole campsite lights up to the tune of Coronation street. Or worse, they fall a sleep listening to DIY lobotomy big brother.

Edited by jmorgan on Tuesday 9th September 09:09

[Ravell]

Nicola Tesla was developing wireless electricity over 100 years ago. Unfortunately the Westinghouse power company (I think it was them) realised there would be no way of metering who was using what and sabotaged the whole thing.

Can see Intel's idea going into obscurety for the same reason...

[beanbag]

Somehow I don't trust that. It's bad enough as it is with all energy fields around us such as radio waves and so forth that have totally unknown effects on us, but now this.

They also mention magnetic fields have no effect on us, but I've read the opposite where they can affect our moods and general health.

I'll personally keep a close eye on this but if it became commercial, I'm not sure I'd want this in my house.

[shadowninja]

Electrickery!!! Burn them!

(How does it affect pacemakers?)

(Sure there wasn't a battery pack in the base of the lamp?)

Edited by shadowninja on Tuesday 9th September 09:23

[polus]

illmonkey said:

Dirty Boy said:

Jasandjules said:

I am impressed by my electric toothbrush charging the way it does.

Same here, I spent ages trying to figure out how it was working!

Me too. But when i saw it was by magic I rested. Magic is clever

Inductive loop, same way a transformer works.

[deckster]

beanbag said:

They also mention magnetic fields have no effect on us, but I've read the opposite where they can affect our moods and general health.

I'll personally keep a close eye on this but if it became commercial, I'm not sure I'd want this in my house.

You do realise that we're living on a sodding enormous magnet, don't you?

[Mr E]

beanbag said:

I'll personally keep a close eye on this but if it became commercial, I'm not sure I'd want this in my house.

Yes, and these newfangled horseless carriages just aren't right either.

[beanbag]

deckster said:

beanbag said:

They also mention magnetic fields have no effect on us, but I've read the opposite where they can affect our moods and general health.

I'll personally keep a close eye on this but if it became commercial, I'm not sure I'd want this in my house.

You do realise that we're living on a sodding enormous magnet, don't you?

If you concentrate a reasonably powerful magnetic field in a small area carrying enough energy to light up a 60watt bulb, then questions regarding health should be asked.....it just makes common sense. That's all I'm saying.

Edited by beanbag on Tuesday 9th September 09:50

[blindswelledrat]

OP you and I are quite different.
My thoughts were great-this could transform transport, telecommunications and mobilize any electrical good we own- negating the need for miles of wires.

Your thought was "great-we get to watch coronation street in a tent".

Thats why I am a Director and you are, quite bizarrely a co-Director

[Deva Link]

There was a UK company, SplashPower working in this area but they ran out of money and were bought by US company Fulton Innovation: http://www.ecoupled.com/

[Spiritual_Beggar]

i remeber reading about splashpower a while back. sounded very interestin at the time. I always did wonder what happened to them.

[xiphias]

deckster said:

beanbag said:

They also mention magnetic fields have no effect on us, but I've read the opposite where they can affect our moods and general health.

I'll personally keep a close eye on this but if it became commercial, I'm not sure I'd want this in my house.

You do realise that we're living on a sodding enormous magnet, don't you?

With sod all strength...

[BigBen]

Deva Link said:

There was a UK company, SplashPower working in this area but they ran out of money and were bought by US company Fulton Innovation: http://www.ecoupled.com/

Splash powers offer was more place your mobile 'phone on a special mat and it will charge, similar to the electric toothbrush charging method, rather than a power lights from across the room. Was / is an interesting solution to the problem of needing multiple chargers for all your portable devices but failed to license the tech to any big players.

Ben

[Parrot of Doom]

beanbag said:

Somehow I don't trust that. It's bad enough as it is with all energy fields around us such as radio waves and so forth that have totally unknown effects on us, but now this.

They also mention magnetic fields have no effect on us, but I've read the opposite where they can affect our moods and general health.

I'll personally keep a close eye on this but if it became commercial, I'm not sure I'd want this in my house.

If something has an unknown effect on us, then how do you know for certain that there is any effect at all?