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Tesla did it, why the hell did it take so long for us?

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Mooserz
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so they finally are taking wireless electricity seriously and bringing it to a mass market scale/ awesome/ but what took so long?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/02/wireless.electricity/index.html
Sep 8 2009 3:55AM
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steezebomb
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We have been using wireless electricity for years in the form of induction. But that would be sick if they could send it over long a distance.
Would anyone that knows the concept care to explain it?
Sep 8 2009 4:48AM
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pmills
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Their technology is called "magnetically coupled resonance," and it basically sends a magnetic field through the air at a specific frequency that an an enabled phone or TV can pick up and turn back into electricity. It works kind of like sound. Think about how an opera singer can break a wine glass if he sings at just the right frequency.
Sep 8 2009 7:40AM
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DANETRON
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Yup. And general electric too
Sep 8 2009 9:50AM
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Slinger1x1
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the palm pre charges on a wireless unit. you just put it on and it charges.
but its through metal connectors on the palm or on the case that accept the electricity from the charger
Sep 8 2009 9:53AM
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shintastic48
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This is really sick. Can't wait to just not ever plug my phone into the wall (seeing that i can never find my wall charger anyway)
Sep 8 2009 9:54AM
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Arabian.
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All welcome our coming cancer!
Sep 8 2009 10:15AM
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fragglemuffin
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yeah seriously
Sep 8 2009 10:17AM
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bout_it
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haha
Sep 8 2009 10:19AM
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hartig
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yay i dont fully understand something so it must give me cancer!
Sep 8 2009 11:09AM
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Arabian.
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Sep 8 2009 11:11AM
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GORlLLA
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Yea wtf I don't wanna die, cool concept, but not cancer>cancer
Sep 8 2009 11:12AM
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hartig
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;)
Sep 8 2009 11:42AM
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I_Am_Mod
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same goes for plastics....
in the previous century asbestose, bakelite and other "wonderproducts" have proven to be quite harmfull in the end...

if i look around me now i can only imagine what stuff could be carcinogenic or harmfull....
Sep 8 2009 12:11PM
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SteezyOhio
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what if  you have a pace maker, would you just be royally fucked then? haha or would you just piss your self if you got a shock?
Sep 8 2009 3:01PM
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shintastic48
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Idk if they would invent something thats gonna be a carcinogen. I mean that would just be stupid. Maybe they don't know yet, so technically everyone else wouldn't know yet either. But yeah. something as usefull as this would have some kind of problem with it.
Sep 8 2009 3:31PM
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aaron.ebner
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seems very safe and very practical. as soon as they find a way to do it cheap enough i think this shit will be everywhere. imagine your computer never dying bcause you're too far from a power outlet, or not having to run wiring all throughout your house.... MIT people are the shit.

Sep 8 2009 4:06PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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I read the thread title and thought you meant the REAL Tesla

Sep 8 2009 4:12PM
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Calb3rt
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exactly. the man has over 700 patents and his work affects or everyday work in so many ways. and yet he died alone in his apartment and has more or less been forgotten about.
Sep 8 2009 4:20PM
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_steffen_
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haha same i was like who put science in my rock n roll

Sep 8 2009 4:20PM
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kool.aid.man
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This is going to be an awesome revolution of how things work in the household. Think about cordless everything. So much more space! Now only if we could get this at a cheap price!
Sep 8 2009 5:16PM
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dboy.
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yeah and dont forget about all the different frequencies buzzing around. as if we didnt have enough radiation and shit going on already that we cant see....


Sep 8 2009 5:18PM
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fivefootthree
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yea really like we dont already have enough signals and wave types passing through the air from all of our technology
Sep 8 2009 5:27PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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woahahah scurry
Sep 8 2009 5:40PM
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aaron.ebner
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^^ i think you're more likely to get cancer from watching too many double pits to chesty commercials.
Sep 10 2009 1:48AM
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