Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system

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Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system

Thu Aug 21, 5:31 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Intel on Thursday showed off a wireless electric power system that analysts say could revolutionize modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets.

Intel chief technology officer Justin Rattner demonstrated a Wireless Energy Resonant Link as he spoke at the California firm's annual developers forum in San Francisco.

Electricity was sent wirelessly to a lamp on stage, lighting a 60 watt bulb that uses more power than a typical laptop computer.

Most importantly, the electricity was transmitted without zapping anything or anyone that got between the sending and receiving units.

"The trick with wireless power is not can you do it; it's can you do it safely and efficiently," Intel researcher Josh Smith said in an online video explaining the breakthrough.

"It turns out the human body is not affected by magnetic fields; it is affected by elective fields. So what we are doing is transmitting energy using the magnetic field not the electric field."

Examples of potential applications include airports, offices or other buildings that could be rigged to supply power to laptops, mobile telephones or other devices toted into them.

The technology could also be built into plugged in computer components, such as monitors, to enable them to broadcast power to devices left on desks or carried into rooms, according to Smith.

"Initially it eliminates chargers and eventually it eliminates batteries all together," analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group said of Intel's wireless power system.

"That is potentially a world changing event. This is the closest we've had to something being commercially available in this class."

Previous wireless power systems consisted basically of firing lightning bolts from sending to receiving units.

Smith says Intel's wireless power system is still in an early stage of development and much research remains before it can be brought to market.

Rattner spoke of technological transformations he expects by the year 2050.
"You'd like to cut the last cord," Smith said.

"It's great that we have wireless email and wireless internet and stuff like that but at the end of the day it would be nice to have wireless recharge as well."

Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system

[vanguard]

Now I'm intrigued as to how would they use magnetic field without causing any interference in nearby metallic equipments/materials.

[rockrhyan1982]

This might be possible for DC powers..but for high voltage transmission system, a big question, expect the TESLA theory, which is somehow can give them bright ideas..pero murag lisud gyud, risky.

[edshark]

ahh grabeha ani gud... pilay range pd kaha noh? ang transmission sa energy..

[moz_k2]

Checkout also Cut the cord to your wireless world!

WildCharge, Inc. the leader and innovator in the field of wire-free power technology, introduced it's first products to the market in late 2007.

Since then, WildCharge has received many accolades from media and consumers alike. This includes being listed on TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2007, and being awarded a Best of Innovations Award at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and Best New Technology at RetailVision 2008.

[uzumaki]

i think technology focus on wireless technology today and in the feature the only demerits i see is the radiation issue and interference among electronic devices...it is indeed a promising technology

[LytSlpr]

just one problem, cancer-causing EMF.

that would be really cool though but if a cellphone can cause cancer, what more this new technology?

OT: EMF on cellphones are regulated in the U.S. that's the reason why not all phone brand and models are allowed here.

[leo_trams]

Checkout also Cut the cord to your wireless world!

WildCharge, Inc. the leader and innovator in the field of wire-free power technology, introduced it's first products to the market in late 2007.

Since then, WildCharge has received many accolades from media and consumers alike. This includes being listed on TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2007, and being awarded a Best of Innovations Award at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and Best New Technology at RetailVision 2008.

hehehe

ilad man bro. wireless pero naa sa pad gipapilit. Unya ang pad naay wire.

Parehas ra ni sa desktop charger, wireless diay gihapon ako tawag ato? wala man to wire from charger to phone, pero naa wire from charger to wall. Just like the wildcharge, naay wire from pad(charger) to wall.