scdreamin3 Posted August 22, 2008 CID Share Posted August 22, 2008 What tha hank? What will they think of next? <a href="http://www.photolava.com/view/isj3.html"><img src="http://img107.mytextgraphics.com/photolava/2008/08/22/intel-4blr3mtv1.jpeg" alt="Free Photo Hosting - Photolava.com" /></a><br /><br /> Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system Thu Aug 21, 5:28 PM ET 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. "Initially it eliminates chargers and eventually it eliminates batteries all together," analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group said of Intel's wireless power system. "That is potentially a world changing event. This is the closest we've had to something being commercially available in this class." Previous wireless power systems consisted basically of firing lightning bolts from sending to receiving units. Smith says Intel's wireless power system is still in an early stage of development and much research remains before it can be brought to market. Rattner spoke of technological transformations he expects by the year 2050. "You'd like to cut the last cord," Smith said. "It's great that we have wireless email and wireless internet and stuff like that but at the end of the day it would be nice to have wireless recharge as well." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xshirox Posted August 22, 2008 CID Share Posted August 22, 2008 Wow another innovation from Intel , a laptop could really be "wireless" without a/c adapters & can be charged on a wireless power zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted August 22, 2008 CID Share Posted August 22, 2008 thats sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted August 22, 2008 CID Share Posted August 22, 2008 Just think what the military could do with this technology. And they have already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 22, 2008 CID Share Posted August 22, 2008 This is nothing new, Tesla did this over a 100 years ago. And his worked at a pretty far distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scdreamin3 Posted August 23, 2008 Author CID Share Posted August 23, 2008 Gawd, what have you done mudman4c!!! The friggin' things are all over tha place. I had it on my sig for a while. I didn't have no problem seeing the gnats on yours and coknuck's sig. When I put it on mine though it was like, grrrrr, get it off my sig!!! Anyways, I think this is a marvelous innovation. (the wireless power system that is, not the bug) I think I will get one to power up my cell phone then I won't need no stinkin' bluetooth. Lmao. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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