Aug 25 2008Intel Demonstrates Wireless Power Transfer
Last week Intel demonstrated a system that can broadcast 60 watts of power up to three feet with 75% efficiency. Using the system seen above, they shot power from one ring of death to the other, and lit a lightbulb. Now I'm not saying it's a good idea to wave your baby-maker around in between the two coils, but it most certainly is. Especially if you've ever wanted your balls to spontaneously combust. And honestly, who hasn't?
Intel demos a wireless power broadcasting system, villagers terrified [engadget]
Thanks Jill, and don't worry -- I'm sterile.
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Reader Comments
1. RYan Brown - August 25, 2008 3:20 PM
Nicola Tesla could do that back 80 years ago...
2. El Basto - August 25, 2008 3:20 PM
First!
3. jaime - August 25, 2008 3:27 PM
oh dear god!
ever since wireless technology i've always said: if there's 1 wire we'll always have to live with, it's the electric one, right?
because who wants to get electrocuted with every step they take in their homes or offices?
how the hell can this work harmlessly?
4. El Basto - August 25, 2008 3:29 PM
@3
Asbestos suits?
5. Julian - August 25, 2008 3:30 PM
I'm already paranoid about all that wireless internet shit in the air. I think I'll forgo the two-feet in diameter coil and just plug my lamps in. I'm starting to think I should put my sperm in a bank just in case something happens . . . alright, which one of you is going to help scrape this stuff off my bathroom walls?
6. Ben - August 25, 2008 3:33 PM
@1
Yeah that's him in the picture. Geekology Writer is just really, really late as usual.
7. jaime - August 25, 2008 3:44 PM
@4
With an extra protective lead paint coating.
8. bish-fiscuit - August 25, 2008 3:48 PM
I think this is how the stargates were created.
9. FatBoy - August 25, 2008 4:16 PM
I NEED hundreds of these. HUNDREDS!!
10. Cali - August 25, 2008 5:13 PM
Just cause it doesn't seem like it was done on purpose, the top title says Demonstates not Demonstrates.... and as funny as Demon-states is i doubt it was ment that way LOL
11. Cali - August 25, 2008 5:14 PM
and i MEANT "meant" not "ment" *cough*
>.>
<.<
12. Gilberto - August 25, 2008 5:26 PM
They are rediscovering Tesla.
May be someday, someone, somewhere, will present the hidden Tesla's files.
13. commercialphree - August 25, 2008 5:52 PM
TESLA RIP OFF!
14. dark lord of aragathn - August 25, 2008 6:31 PM
Psh this is so old - i already have like 50 of these things hooked up to my awesome WOW gaming rig you posted about earlier. I grew a vag on my arm, but the wireless power setup works pretty well otherwise.
15. Hammertime - August 25, 2008 6:38 PM
The GI JOE movie has already came up with this. Go Broadcast Energy Emitter!
Look out for Cobra trying to steal this shit
16. Russe - August 25, 2008 7:03 PM
This is nothing new.It's actually basic electrical theory.That's kind of how a transformer works.
(No, not the robots in disguise, don't try and be cute, you're not.)
17. Neuromancer - August 25, 2008 8:45 PM
Ummm. If you walk under a high voltage line with a florescent tube, it will light up too. It's science, but it works like magic!
18. Ben - August 25, 2008 10:02 PM
Hooray! Ball cancer!
19. notnotclown - August 25, 2008 10:32 PM
nikola tesla did that years ago...
20. Dan - August 26, 2008 6:16 AM
@ 6
Somone genuinely funny? On *MY* Internets?!
21. Kelly - August 26, 2008 6:57 AM
Things like this worry me. They say that they use magnetic fields to transfer the power instead of electric fields, because supposedly humans aren't affected by magnetic fields. But first of all, yes we are, and second, there are many animals out there who are even more affected by it than we are. (Click link for article.) So what's this going to do for all of them? What are the implications? I sure hope they're researching that .. and if they are, I hope it doesn't end up like so many drug trials where they just bury unfavorable results. :(
22. jean - August 26, 2008 8:32 AM
where's the new? Every f*****g transformer works that way...
23. DreamFolder - August 26, 2008 10:02 AM
Bad idea. Didn't anyone see The Quiet Earth?
24. time - August 27, 2008 5:17 AM
Check about Nikola Tesla.
25. Dave - August 28, 2008 12:47 AM
Nikola Tesla did it better.
26. Combiz Saleh - August 29, 2008 12:26 AM
This is nice that more companies are getting involved in the wireless electricity revolution. I know that a company called PowerBeam is also involved in the wireless era and they safely transmit energy through optical energy, instead of the copper wires and the electro-magnetic field. By using optical energy they can send energy over long-range distances. Their device also has a safety system so that it shuts down if anything is close to the beam. If anyones interested in more info regarding optical energy transfer check out www.powerbeaminc.com
27. mervyn - October 12, 2009 4:04 PM
this is the first iv heard of this i was talking about it to my bro a couple of years ago and we both agread it was imposible i think its mad cant wait to se how it progresses
28. Silver jewelry - November 27, 2009 12:42 AM
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
http://www.toboer.com/Sterling-Silver-Brooches/