http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/ Engadget Comments for Korea starts testing 'recharging road,' might make it part of its public transport system 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/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/I think NeatOman is referring to things like eddy currents in the (non-EV) cars as anything with a reasonably large ferro-metal (as present in most engines) will induce a field which will generate a current in the engine block... resulting in resistance when passing through the magnetic field.]]>Mar 10th 2010 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/CHI CHI.. PO..PO!]]>Mar 10th 2010 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/I do wonder, aside from the but-ugly bus they're using, how is this different than all of those public buses and electric trains in SanFrancisco? Oh, those don't have batteries?? Hmm. Innovative!]]>Mar 10th 2010 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/
it's really not, this looks exactly the same as trolleybus technology, except that the power source is under the road instead of above it. not very impressive imo]]>Mar 10th 2010 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/
Since the power doesn't need to be connected constantly, buses can also be much more flexible with their routes, whereas trolleys need to strictly follow its route]]>Mar 10th 2010 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Nevermind, it might do 84 even with the brakes on]]>Mar 10th 2010 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/
I think you mean photoshop in Lee Myung-Bak. He may not be as popular as The Il, but he is the president of South Korea.]]>Mar 10th 2010 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/
Same here, get your power before you explode! ahaha]]>Mar 10th 2010 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/
Especially for someone walking around with a pacemaker. Granny's heart just flat lined on the blue line...]]>Mar 10th 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Just watch...some genius will find a way to use that magnetic induction(?) to power his gadgets resulting in a new breed of a "self-charging" devices :D]]>Mar 10th 2010 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/]]>Mar 10th 2010 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/
I thought of this too a long time ago and I live in the US. It's similar in concept to a Maglev, except sort of inverted. It's not that the thought didn't occur to someone, it's that the powers that be decided it was not in their best interests economically.

Personally, I think they should have a powered vehicle with a magnet at the bottom, travel over a roadway which has been fitted with electrical wires, such that it induces a current in the wires, which is collected at the end of the wires. You can recharge later. The concept is basically a large motor.

Me, I just brain storm this stuff. I'm not interested in marketing my ideas.]]>Mar 10th 2010 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/
The issue that I have is that a country like Korea will drop government money to fund research into this. They will have fostered an industry that they can then market to other countries. So because of their forethought they will create jobs for their people and ultimately create a product that can be exported to other nations.

Almost any time something as innovative as this gets proposed in the US, you always, always, always have these backwards-thinking naysayers that don't want to spend taxpayer money on it or anything else. So we end up with the shit mess we are in today in which tons and tons of technologies were invented here, but developed and perfected elsewhere and now we are paying those other countries for services that should have been home-grown.

Look at how far behind we have fallen in technologies like high-speed rail or renewable energy technology like wind or solar. Those are all high-paying jobs that could have been here... instead if there are any future high-speed rail systems installed in the US, we have to look to foreign companies and foreign workers. ]]>Mar 10th 2010 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/
I know and I agree with you. But like I said, there is a particular economic interest at work which does not really care about making life viable for the working class, they want to make as much money as possible. I guess what I was saying is that I don't believe it's a mistake, I think it's intentional.]]>Mar 11th 2010 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/
Different than trolleys as they can go outside of their designated route and come back later. Let me see a trolley do that.
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It would do for cars what the internet did for computers. can you imagine a computer without the internet these days?]]>Mar 10th 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 10th 2010 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/
Me too. :)]]>Mar 10th 2010 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/korea-starts-testing-recharging-road-might-make-it-part-of-it/Mar 11th 2010 1:37AM