"80 percent efficiency when firing electrons across a two-inch gap"
It totally doesn't fire any electrons. It sets up resonance between an emitter and an antenna in the car. The rapidly changing magnetic and electric fields in the emitter cause an electromotive force in the antenna, moving its electrons. There's no actual "beaming" of electrons. Check out the wikipedia page on near field effects (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_and_far_field) and electromagnetic induction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_induction)
The N9 has arrived. What we can say from our first experience is that we're in the presence of a fantastically designed device with a gorgeous AMOLED screen and some highly responsive performance.
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"80 percent efficiency when firing electrons across a two-inch gap"
It totally doesn't fire any electrons. It sets up resonance between an emitter and an antenna in the car. The rapidly changing magnetic and electric fields in the emitter cause an electromotive force in the antenna, moving its electrons. There's no actual "beaming" of electrons. Check out the wikipedia page on near field effects (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_and_far_field) and electromagnetic induction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_induction)