What a Fabulous Concept

[Sukerkin]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8165928.stm

If this turns into something viable, what a boon it could be. A most splendid application of a scientific concept.

 

[kaizasosei]

Cool. Very nifty! Kindof a freaky thought though...to have bundles or energy bouncing to and fro possibly automatically. Would sorof suck if you happen to be cleaning a blender that would normally be off and all of a sudden the thing comes to life...yikes! How about around sensitive materials like gas, or high explosives.
Just being a bit of a worrywort as i figure that in time, they'll come up with fantastic applications that function safely enough

I do believe though that waves and energy do affect a person more than many would like to think. Now they are even saying that cellphones should not be used by young children...first they stated all proudly that the cellphone was completely harmless, now they're saying it's better to keep kids from overusing, the reason being that children are far more prone to developing cancer due to radiation exposure. How about all the many cases of child cancer in big cities or surrounding industrial areas...oftentimes, it is not well known just how much radioactive pollution is produced through mine tailings and wastes as well as through radon gases, natural or otherwise..children are the first to show signs of illnessess.


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[jks9199]

There's a story that Nicola Tesla had developed a wireless transmission system for power, somehow passing it through the ground, I think. He presented it to J.P. Getty or some other similar financier, who asked "how do I charge?" and Tesla said that there was no way to charge... ending the discussion. Edison's method of high voltage AC transmission won out.

Don't know if it's true, but I suspect that it's instructive. And, from all accounts, we've barely scratched the surface of what Tesla could do with electricity...

 

[Omar B]

There's a story that Nicola Tesla had developed a wireless transmission system for power, somehow passing it through the ground, I think. He presented it to J.P. Getty or some other similar financier, who asked "how do I charge?" and Tesla said that there was no way to charge... ending the discussion. Edison's method of high voltage AC transmission won out.

Don't know if it's true, but I suspect that it's instructive. And, from all accounts, we've barely scratched the surface of what Tesla could do with electricity...

Yeah, there's a well documented account of this in his Biography. It's one of the reasons he was in such seclusion towards the end of his life.

 

[Nolerama]

Say that technology begins to go mainstream; and that several governments agree on going Wireless.

Imagine the jobs that would create in terms of taking out the old infrastructure, as well as for specialists in that field.

Power lines won't be all over the place. We would save precious resources in terms of building material for simple power lines!

I would never have to worry about my laptop losing its charge.

The energy industry in the US would have to restructure the way it processes fees to customers... Even though I think that with the increasing popularity in "green" tech, solar/wind powered homes will begin to take away the industry's monopoly in a very real, and organic way.

Automobiles won't have to worry about possible hydrogen explosion w/ the fuel cell, or charge forever for few miles w/ the electric car. Gasoline won't be needed within a city or major highway.

Imagine the down side. Say the world is 50 years into Wireless Electricity. It's everywhere. What kind of disease would that help cause? Resonating electricity; could that cause viral mutation? I saw Johnny Mnemonic. People died from that sort of thing!

 

[Rich Parsons]

There's a story that Nicola Tesla had developed a wireless transmission system for power, somehow passing it through the ground, I think. He presented it to J.P. Getty or some other similar financier, who asked "how do I charge?" and Tesla said that there was no way to charge... ending the discussion. Edison's method of high voltage AC transmission won out.

Don't know if it's true, but I suspect that it's instructive. And, from all accounts, we've barely scratched the surface of what Tesla could do with electricity...

I thought Tesla Created/found/discovered AC Electricity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla



Not saying thta Tesla did not work for Edison and that Edison may have Owned the rights to the patents.

 

[elder999]

I thought Tesla Created/found/discovered AC Electricity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla



Not saying thta Tesla did not work for Edison and that Edison may have Owned the rights to the patents.

There was a great deal of debate between the two as far as AC vs. DC, with Tesla being the advocate for AC, which won out in spite of Edison going around electrocuting dogs with it as a demonstration of its dangers.

Tesla did manage some through air transmission of electricity, in Boulder, Colorado-no one knows exactly how. He wound up there after fears of the dangers of his experiments drove him out of New York City, then off of Long Island.

Xcel energy actually still runs a hydro plant that was the first in the world to generate AC, based on Tesla's theories, the Ames plant, built back in 1896.

 

[jks9199]

I thought Tesla Created/found/discovered AC Electricity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla



Not saying thta Tesla did not work for Edison and that Edison may have Owned the rights to the patents.

I may have it backwards; I'm going purely on memory. But I'm pretty confident that Tesla didn't ever work for or with Edison... I believe I recall reading that he couldn't stand Edison...

 

[elder999]

I may have it backwards; I'm going purely on memory. But I'm pretty confident that Tesla didn't ever work for or with Edison... I believe I recall reading that he couldn't stand Edison...

Tesla worked for Edison from 1884-1886, when he formed his own company. During that time, though, Edison royally screwed him left and right. They pretty much hated each other.

 

[Rich Parsons]

There was a great deal of debate between the two as far as AC vs. DC, with Tesla being the advocate for AC, which won out in spite of Edison going around electrocuting dogs with it as a demonstration of its dangers.

Tesla did manage some through air transmission of electricity, in Boulder, Colorado-no one knows exactly how. He wound up there after fears of the dangers of his experiments drove him out of New York City, then off of Long Island.

Xcel energy actually still runs a hydro plant that was the first in the world to generate AC, based on Tesla's theories, the Ames plant, built back in 1896.

Elder999,

I think a recent WIRED had an article about transmitting power wirelessly. I will see if I can dig it up and reference it.

Is the power plant you reference on or near the Niagara Falls? They have a statue of him up there for his work on AC and the power plant at that location.