"If you knew the magnificence of 3, 6 and 9, you would have a key to the universe" — Nikola Tesla

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[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (9 children)

If the dude really could transmit power without wires the secret died with him.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

Nah, black budget American tech has that and so many other things.

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Nope. Somebody else would figure it out and bust everything wide open just for shits and giggles.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

When they do, they disappear.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Ugly truth.

GEET Technology has a lot of that.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

It's a thing now, a lot of phones can charge wirelessly. https://electrical-engineering-portal.com/tesla-wireless-power-transmission-wpt & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_power_transfer cover more than I care to know about it. It's pretty inefficient though.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

My electric toothbrush has no wires.

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

That's one of the most common uses of wireless charging. My Sonicare brush was the first time I saw wireless charging in action, although that's near-field wpt that works a little differently than far-field wpt.

It's also incredibly inefficient. Forgot if I mentioned that before.

[–]JoeyJoeJoe 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

It's completely possible, but it comes at the expense of complex microcircuity. We wouldn't have computers etc if the atmosphere was carrying a charge like that the whole time - they'd induct & short out.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This is most certainly not new.

Wireless Electricity - WiTricity Showcase TED 2009 (Edit) (4:16) ~ Tau Kapow, Sep 28, 2009