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Electricity over the air

dixonselvan
dixonselvan over 7 years ago

Is it really possible to transmit electricity over the air? To charge Bluetooth headphones or a Wi-Fi hotspot, maybe why not charge our mobile phones when connected to Wi-Fi?

 

I have found one article to be inspiring and relevant to this discussion. Check it out by clicking here.

Electricity over the air

German student creates electromagnetic harvester that gathers free electricity from thin air

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  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 7 years ago +4
    Hi Dixon, Electro-magnetic waves are sent through the air all the time. The problem that arises is the cost versus the gain. If they are not narrowly focused the waves spread out in all directions and…
  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 7 years ago +3
    For practical applications this is not doable with a reasonal budget, efficiency. ubeam is trying this for years now, with loads of other people's money, without a practical application in sight.
  • DAB
    DAB over 7 years ago +2
    RF transmission is incredibly lossy. You run into the 1/r^2 issue with all EM signals. So you lose 75% at the first increment about 89% at the second incremental distance. So you have to keep all of the…
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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 7 years ago

    For practical applications this is not doable with a reasonal budget, efficiency.

    ubeam is trying this for years now, with loads of other people's money, without a practical application in sight.

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    dixonselvan over 7 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    ubeam -  Harnessing energy from vibration of sound waves through the air and converting into electricity to charge the device!

     

    Anyone interested can join the ubeam team here - https://ubeam.com/career/

     

    Thank you Jan Cumps

     

    Dixon Selvan

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    dixonselvan over 7 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    ubeam -  Harnessing energy from vibration of sound waves through the air and converting into electricity to charge the device!

     

    Anyone interested can join the ubeam team here - https://ubeam.com/career/

     

    Thank you Jan Cumps

     

    Dixon Selvan

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