http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/ Engadget Comments for Powercast looking to bring wireless power to reality http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Mar 30th 2007 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Mar 30th 2007 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Mar 30th 2007 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/
(I suspect that this isn't going to be cheap enough for mainstream products - at least those in the under $200 range - for a long, LONG time)

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The key question is ... would a customer be willing to pay an extra $30 to $50 to get a product that never needs to be plugged into a recharger?

I'm not so sure ...
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although I would love to have a cordless phone without having to charge whenever i got a call.]]>Mar 30th 2007 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Mar 30th 2007 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla]]>Mar 30th 2007 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Mar 30th 2007 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Mar 30th 2007 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/
All of that aside, this is actually very cool.]]>Mar 30th 2007 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Mar 30th 2007 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Mar 30th 2007 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Mar 31st 2007 6:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Mar 31st 2007 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/
As far as radiation is concerned, they say that the levels transmitted are safe. Besides, most people have no clue how much radiation their bodies already absorb or filter with all the technology we already have and use. Better get used to it, because it's not going to stop.]]>Mar 30th 2007 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/
Theories and lab demonstrations are great, but when all that becomes practical and put into many things we all use, THAT'S when it truly becomes worthy of praise. Not long now (hopefully, anyway).]]>Mar 30th 2007 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/
Will it cause health problems? No, unless you're one of those people that thinks cell phones, FM radio, and WiFi are the bane of life... ]]>Mar 30th 2007 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/
Now if you get closer than a yard, your efficiency will increase with the cube of your distance, but you can't change the fundamental laws of physics here.]]>Mar 30th 2007 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/
But this will probably just probably cause radiation, and apart from the cancer (which isn't that bad) we'll just get mutated cells and such. Nothing too harmful.
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But that's cool. Though 1 yard doesn't really help much but get rid of all the wire clutter, which is still good but I'd rather be completely mobile, not having to carry plugs with me when I move around the house.

Hopefully soon there will be a car adaptation and some sort of power station for buildings (hell yeah, more cancer!)]]>Mar 30th 2007 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Apr 2nd 2007 5:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/
Even if this technology can only go a few feet - that would do it for me (for now, at least). One for my gadgets on the side table, one on the desk for my computer + peripherals. ]]>Mar 30th 2007 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Mar 30th 2007 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/
I would file this technology under "Revolutionary". Because over time, especially considering how devices become increasingly efficient (less power hungry) and how this technology will integrate into more and more of them, it's exciting to think how it'll drastically change peoples' lives.

Wireless power. 'Who'da thunk it?' A big thanks to you, Powercast.]]>Mar 30th 2007 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Mar 30th 2007 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.powercastco.com/
check it out...since rf waves are just standard radio waves, and the device draws power from rf waves...then wont the device be, in addition to using the transmitted radio waves, using ambient radio waves and thereby cleaning the air around? besides, they said the transmitter only broadcasts the lowest signal possible and with the amount of radio waves flying around as it is...it wont be any more harmful than what is out there right now ]]>Mar 30th 2007 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/electricity over long distances, all his papers and equipment were confiscated by the authorities,american that is just after the turn of this century. he had great success and the military were very interested.
How do you think those cordless headphones get charged when you stick them on their cradle, this idea is taking the magnetic resonance theory 1 step or maybe 10 further, nothing realy far out about it, as for the cancer, i would be more concerned with the millions of tons of crap falling on our heads every day so we can have cheap crappy holidays. regards.]]>Mar 30th 2007 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Mar 30th 2007 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/
"I for one welcome our new wiressly powered, self charging robotic overlords"]]>Mar 30th 2007 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Mar 30th 2007 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Mar 30th 2007 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Mar 30th 2007 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/Take a listen: http://mca.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=178325
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Wireless Power]]>Apr 17th 2007 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/May 17th 2007 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/powercast-looking-to-bring-wireless-power-to-reality/May 18th 2007 12:55PM