It seem's like this is the new 'talk' of the... week.. month? Whatever, so yea, charge your laptops -- WIRELESS STYLE! Yea.. its weird... its different.. and its definitely going to be a while longer, but we're on our way. And Intel is paving this way for us.
Basically, 2 years ago, MIT researcher Marin Soljacic found out a way to transmit electricity through a magnetic field of an electrically charged loop of wire. He then reported that himself and his team could transfer power to a 60 watt light bulb from 3 feet away with an efficiency of 90%.
Intel has adapted this idea, by consulting with Marin and his group, and have achieved 75% efficiency from 2-3 feet away. The coils are -- no doubt -- extremely large for a laptop to use as wifi charging, but come on now, THIS IS INTEL WE'RE TALKIN BOUT...
Article here.
2 comments:
Wow, how fascinating... Nikola Tesla was doing that same thing on a larger scale over 100 years ago :) Funny, we have the same story on our blogs right now!
Intel will probably make it available for you. But they will find a way to take your money too. traffic? I think I have 3 hardcore readers! lol
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