http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/ Engadget Comments for MIT researchers demonstrate more efficient wireless power 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/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Yes, we will be able to charge our eletrical cars by driving through a hot lane.]]>Apr 14th 2010 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://j.mp/googlee-isp
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Wouldn't all the coils in the slinky create a lot of resistance and rather give you a "handy" personal heater? ;)]]>Apr 14th 2010 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/
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Enter: Clive Owen.]]>Apr 14th 2010 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/
There is so far no way to aim electricity at a particular device.]]>Apr 14th 2010 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/
I may be wasteful, but it is not a "considerable" amount if it is only used for low power devices for specific use cases. I don't think anyone is seriously consider every home having a huge coil pumping out electricity in every direction.]]>Apr 14th 2010 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/
My intuition would say that there would be significant drop off a certain distance away, but we aren't trying to power the world this way (akin to your home/small device analogy). This seems like a perfect home-media-center option + others.

]]>Apr 14th 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/It sounds like they are trying to reinvent the sun and solar panels with magnets.]]>Apr 14th 2010 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/This is not electricity, its induction. Induction works as a field, not a beam. Can't be aimed.

And on the other hand, the inducted field might be wasteful but that also goes for combustion engines a decade or so ago.]]>Apr 14th 2010 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/
Tell me, where does this "wasted" energy go? Thermodynamics 101]]>Apr 14th 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Same place the sun's energy that doesn't hit the earth goes??? As an analogy that is.]]>Apr 19th 2010 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Among other things, MIT also excels at self-promotion.]]>Apr 14th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/nothing? nope, that's not right, sorry. Check out this MIT study (Moral judgments can be altered ... by magnets): http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/moral-control-0330.html]]>Apr 14th 2010 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/
I like the idea of wireless technology but I just don't trust having it going through the air and teh effect on our bodies, we could have the FCC, MIT and all kinds of people approve it but I just wouldn't trust electricity buzzing around the air.

I think fusion batteries for small devices and wired for large devices.

I think as far as we should go with any wireless electricty is those little pads that you place mobile devices on to.]]>Apr 14th 2010 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/
clearly iron man has had a negative effect on your idea of fusion energy, if you think you could fit a fusion reactor in a portable device]]>Apr 14th 2010 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/
You start out talking about sources from which to generate electricity, then somehow pretend like that is completely relevant to the discussion here about distributing that electricity within a very local area. wtf, mate.]]>Apr 14th 2010 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/]]>Apr 14th 2010 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/

....but that's just the emotional responses from trying to buy something and realizing that your power system erased your credit/debit cards.]]>Apr 14th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/that was tuned electromagnetism focused at a specific part of the brain

resonance throughout an entire room would have a very different effect]]>Apr 14th 2010 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/Apr 14th 2010 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/mit-researchers-demonstrate-more-efficient-wireless-power/
Unless like me, you have a couple of medical implants, one of which is 1960's vintage medical grade metal. approx. 5 lbs worth.]]>Apr 14th 2010 3:33PM