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It's a nice invention..
I am eagerly waiting for that to come..
mosu55
imagine a 2 Kwatt consumer connected like this and try crossing the 10 Megahertz beam.Talk to me later!!!
If it was really this easy to "Transmit" electricity, then why don't we just use existing radio waves (hmm, maybe even static noise) to do the same thing?
Besides, there is the fundamental law of energy to make use: However much power you would need to light that bulb you would have to put into radiation (erm, radio/electromagnetic). Aren't there laws and safety regulations against that?
"If it was really this easy to "Transmit" electricity, then why don't we just use existing radio waves (hmm, maybe even static noise) to do the same thing?"
Because transmitting electricity through electromagnetic waves is inefficient, electromagnetic waves disperses when they propagate through the air loses some of the energy
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Thanks matthew. Apparently
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Sohbet
These waves would be too big to cause radiation damage. But the transmitter and receiver would have to be in direct "eye contact" with each-other and it could not travel through objects, making this breakthrough not as amazing as it seems. They should try transmitting by BLUETOOTH to solve this issue. It is easier to transmit and can span large distances with minimal energy loss.
THIS WILL BE COMPLETELY AMAZING WHEN IT FINALLY WORKS!!
WIRELESS ELECTRICITY!! IMAGINE WHAT THAT WILL ENABLE!!