http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/news/265 ... tober.html
It doesn't seem that great an idea to begin with, and at those prices, who really cares?
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| Author: | pcernie [ Sat Aug 08, 2009 4:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Wireless power coming in October |
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/news/265 ... tober.html It doesn't seem that great an idea to begin with, and at those prices, who really cares?
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| Author: | rustybucket [ Sat Aug 08, 2009 4:54 pm ] | |||||||||
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 These pads have another application not yet realised - remote controls. |
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Sat Aug 08, 2009 4:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wireless power coming in October |
I keep meaning to build inductively chargeable AA batteries to achieve something similar. By energising a good sized area of my desk, I could use wireless devices without worrying about them going flat. I really hate wires. As a communications engineer, this maybe considered a little ironic. The back of my car is full of the damned things 
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| Author: | pcernie [ Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:01 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Nope, and it wouldn't matter, the phones have never been worth that much to begin with
I want EVERYTHING wireless, just without the hoops you've to jump through with Wi-Fi at home 
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| Author: | Nick [ Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:42 am ] |
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That must waste a lot of energy though? |
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| Author: | pcernie [ Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:45 am ] | |||||||||
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I'd have thought so too... |
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Sun Aug 09, 2009 4:32 pm ] |
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It may not be quite as efficient as a direct cable, but in effect it's just a transformer. If a standard charger is 70% efficient, this might be 65%. Since we're only talking about devices which use less that 1 Watt I think that amount of loss is affordable.You're looking at about meh carbons per life. |
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| Author: | pcernie [ Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wireless power coming in October |
^ Screw the carbons, think of the savings!
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| Author: | gavomatic57 [ Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wireless power coming in October |
Looks like a bit of a gimmick to me. You plug this pad in, find a device that works with it, put the device in one of the pre-defined charging areas (like a dock) and then charge your device. Given that the pad itself will need to be wired to the wall, what are you gaining? |
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| Author: | Nick [ Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:59 pm ] |
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Yeah, that's true Gav. Bbbuuuuuuuuut, this is just the first product. In years to come, the pads could be put into walls or floors rather than plugged in and left on a work-surface. |
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| Author: | Fogmeister [ Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:55 pm ] | |||||||||
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Or better still. The work surface is a wireless charging pad and any item placed on it (phone, mouse, keyboard, camera, etc...) gets charged as you work. |
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| Author: | Nick [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wireless power coming in October |
Is that better? I want my notebook to be charged as I sit on my sofa!! 
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| Author: | pcernie [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:53 am ] | |||||||||
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Wasn't it Intel who were working on 'jumping electricity'? I'll look it up later at break time here if I remember... |
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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:56 am ] |
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Not Intel, Nikolai Tesla.
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| Author: | pcernie [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:00 am ] | |||||||||
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