[Oberon]

You're correct... we seem to have broken loose from the comforting moorings of Newtonian physics.

I would guess, then, that bosons have no mass in the conventional sense.

So the devices you mentioned are emitting vector bosons, not merely propagating waves through a soup of pre-existing particles.

...implying, therefore, that the devices either turn electrons into vector bosons, or (more likely, as I see it) use the energy derived from an electrical charge differential to generate those vector bosons.

You know, I really should quit bugging you about this and read that book. Thus far, however, your information has been pretty darn fascinating.

[sourcery]

I would guess, then, that bosons have no mass in the conventional sense.

Vector bosons have no rest mass, but thanks to the famous e=mc², they do have relativistic mass.

...implying, therefore, that the devices either turn electrons into vector bosons, or (more likely, as I see it) use the energy derived from an electrical charge differential to generate those vector bosons.

An electron is a quantum of charge. When it oscillates, it creates waves in its associated electric field, resulting in the propagation of electromagnetic waves, which transmit energy that is quantized by the particle called a photon.