Intel CTO: No more power cords

dell already did something like this. they have a laptop that can recharge wirelessly with a special pad. though the range is very very short

would be great for a science project

This seems unpractical. He compared this to wireless internet where in the future you might be able to get energy from anywhere. Now customers pay people to receive an internet connection and then the customers can transmit their internet to wireless networks. Would the customers have to encrypt their electricity so that it wont be stolen? Also, like wireless internet, is the electric transmitter always on? That would be a gross waste of electricity since it continuously sends out magnetic waves

Creating magnetic flux to power a device is nothing like creating an electrical signal of information. It doesn't travel near as far (all the energy it took to power that bulb only worked within a few feet), so you can't really 'tap' into someone's grid unless you broke into their home. I think they do waste to much energy, but they can be turned off as easy as a light bulb.

I am not really understand how does it work. But I think the electricity becomes magnetic waves, and magnetic waves are everywhere, so I think it is not wasted in any kinde.

im diggin the skullet! says older business man up front, party in the back!

Dammit. I thought that this was for something else. :(

Done, yes. But sone well?

I just wanted to point out this isn't Intel's achievement and I'm actually surprised nobody had done something like this before (so we'd know about it). It's about damn time people started to experiment with the potential, and advertised they were doing so.