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Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system
AFP ^ | Thu Aug 21, 5:31 PM ET

Posted on 08/22/2008 5:27:09 AM PDT by ryan71

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.

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."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: energy; nikolatesla; tesla
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1 posted on 08/22/2008 5:27:09 AM PDT by ryan71
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To: ryan71
"elective fields?"

Carolyn

2 posted on 08/22/2008 5:28:21 AM PDT by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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To: ryan71
Cool! I've always wanted table lamps without ugly electric cords running under a rug to the nearest outlet!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

3 posted on 08/22/2008 5:32:44 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: ryan71

Tesla.


4 posted on 08/22/2008 5:33:17 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: ryan71

Nature has that now its called lightning.


5 posted on 08/22/2008 5:34:35 AM PDT by bikerman (_ _ . /_ _ _ /_ . . / / . . . . / . / . _ . . / . _ _ . / / . . _ / . . . //)
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To: ryan71

Hmm.

Sending electric power through the air. Through walls.

Through table legs. Through ... humans.

What could *possibly* go wrong?


6 posted on 08/22/2008 5:37:24 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (CHEVY VOLT COUNTDOWN: V minus 97 Weeks. Waiting...)
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To: ryan71
I design "things" for Intel and let me just say that I have to see it to believe it.

I want to believe that Intel is capable of this because that means more business for me but I will be cautiously optimistic.

7 posted on 08/22/2008 5:41:12 AM PDT by Tolkien (Grace is the Essence of the Gospel; Gratitude is the Essence of Ethics.)
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To: ryan71

People have been stealing power from high voltage lines like this for years.


8 posted on 08/22/2008 5:44:05 AM PDT by DaveArk
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“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.”

This may be true, but then again, it may not be. I personally would rather have outlets and wires at this point than to induce a bunch of magnetic fields in my house. I would like to see what happens to gene expression profiles in cells exposed to these same magnetic fields. If there is a change then the fields do have biological effects, irrespective of what may be claimed. There are a number of published studies that have looked at this in different contexts. Some show changes in gene expression. Some don’t. The jury is still out, in my opinion.


9 posted on 08/22/2008 5:46:34 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Yep. Tesla: Been there done that.


10 posted on 08/22/2008 5:49:05 AM PDT by BubbaBasher (No matter who wins, we lose.)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network
What could *possibly* go wrong?

Are you kidding? Tort lawyers, sharpening up their coup knives, are workin' on an answer even as we freep.

11 posted on 08/22/2008 5:49:19 AM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

I’m thinking people with pacemakers won’t like this new technology. Some medical devices are so sensitive, you can’t even pass through a metal detector with one.


12 posted on 08/22/2008 5:54:40 AM PDT by nin_kasi
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To: ryan71
It's been a while since I took field theory, but I would think that any magnetic field strong enough to induce a current large enough to run laptops would likely have some undesirable effects on people.

While our skin offers considerable resistance, our bodily fluids and nervous system can conduct electricity, and I would think that a strong magnetic field would induce currents in our body at some point. The currents would be lower than in the intended electronics because of the greater resistance, but at some point what is harmless in smaller quantities becomes harmful.

This makes me awfully nervous about unexpected side effects.

13 posted on 08/22/2008 6:03:49 AM PDT by untrained skeptic
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It turns out the human body is not affected by magnetic fields

Not true at all. When I was in an electrical engineering program many moons ago, my wise old professor told us that nationally, electrical engineers have the highest incidences of leukemia in the nation, outside of folks living next to toxic waste sites.

14 posted on 08/22/2008 6:04:20 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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Prediction: This technology will be stillborn. The same pansies that worry about the effect of cell phone “radiation” and power lines will publish a bunch of pseudo-science showing a vague correlation between magnetic fields and some medical condition.


15 posted on 08/22/2008 6:04:20 AM PDT by Scutter
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It turns out the human body is not affected by magnetic fields

Bull.

16 posted on 08/22/2008 6:07:11 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: ryan71

I couldn’t find where it said how much power was generated to produce the output. I’m presuming a lossy tranmission system at this point.


17 posted on 08/22/2008 6:08:52 AM PDT by ArGee (Reality - what a concept.)
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To: bikerman

Yeah, but somehow I don’t think we’d come out unscathed when walking through a lightning bolt.


18 posted on 08/22/2008 6:11:00 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS
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To: ryan71
I'm not sure that computer hard drives will like a load of magnetic fields whizzing through the air. I seem to recall magnetic fields and hard drives don't play well together. Might need more shielding than what current hard drives are built with to avoid mass data loss. But then again, maybe I'm wrong and todays hard drives are amazing and indestructible pieces of techno brilliance.
19 posted on 08/22/2008 6:13:07 AM PDT by Center Line Theory
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To: ryan71; Nailbiter

I would think that anything with a cathode tube, electromagnetic speakers, cell phones and steak knives in drawers might be adversely affected.


20 posted on 08/22/2008 6:16:42 AM PDT by IncPen (We are but a moment's sunlight, fading in the grass ...)
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