Wireless Electricity
Ive had this hope and dream for a while now - wireless electricity. Now, I don't have the brains or money to do this, so I'm glad Sony came through.
They have developed a prototype, and the technology has a way to go, but it looks promising. "In tests the company succeeded in sending a conventional 100 volt electricity supply over a distance of 50 centimeters to power a 22-inch LCD television."
The prototype is about 80% efficient Sony has stated, and actually quite bulky, a 40 cm coil of wires to produce a magnetic field, for the secondary coil to induce the current.
I really like this idea for larger items like televisions, computers, printers and devices that don't need to be moved, and are already somewhat large to start with, so the added size wouldn't be a huge drawback
Full Article at IT News
October 5th, 2009 - 16:05
Sony is kind of late to the maret as usual (but has the potential to kill the competition) There are already a handful of companies like PowerMat, Witricity that are about to release their technology to OEMs and consumers. I think Witricity is going to succeed. It has the backings of MIT too.
October 5th, 2009 - 19:39
I had actually just recently heard of PowerMat as well, I think that is a great idea (need to do more reading!.
Thats cool news, Ill have to keep my eyes open for the other companies expected to release soon!