Wireless power is here

Sunday, January 17, 2010 Leave a Comment

Wires consume our lives inside and outside, it's annoying, inefficient, and ugly. For decades scientists have been trying to determine how to create, harness, and use wireless power instead of our ancient power grid system. Until recently this has been a difficult task but new breakthroughs in technology have finally brought wireless power to the market.There are two types of wireless power that I am currently aware of, Resonant Magnetic Coupling and Amplified Signal Conversion. I don't want to get super technical here so I will go over each one quickly.



Let's Take a quick glance at the first form of wireless power called Resonant Magnetic Coupling.  In this picture you will see two giant fan looking things, these are coils, and one has a light bulb attached to it. The first coil receives electricity from a standard outlet and converts it into a magnetic field, then it's transfered to the other coil, converted back into energy and the light can now be powered on. This energy is very safe for humans, in fact the Earth is immersed with magnetic fields that keep us from being burned up by solar flares, deep space radiation, and other space related tragedies. If you want more detailed information on this brilliant ground breaking technology then goto WiiTricity Technologies.

There is also a very cool Ted.com presentation on this technology and a great demo of it's capabilities.



The second form of wireless power is Amplified Signal Conversion. Wifi is an amplified signal that delivers very handy internet to our laptops and wireless devices. This amplified signal can be received, converted to DC power, and used as regular everyday electricity to charge our phones, computers, and maybe even more. In theory this will also work with broadcast TV and radio signals, HAM radio, and any other amplified signal you can get your hands on. The more power the signal has the more power you can convert into energy. Currently there are not a ton of companies pursuing this but RCA has developed what they call "Power Harvesting Technology". To read more about RCA's latest wireless technology just visit this site.

The implications of this technology are jaw dropping to say the least and it would result in a total paradigm shift in energy delivery and consumption.

Cheers, Dustin ;)

I want to thank @24k @tnawara @Vegasbill for the great conversations about this new technology. Thanks!!!

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