I was listening to Coast to Coast AM with George Noory (a highly recommended show for anyone interested in 'other' ideas of what we are all doing here!) just last week and the guest was talking about Harmonic Resonance technologies, Tesla and wireless electrical systems. As I mentioned in a previous post I have a great interest in the work of Nikola Tesla...Wireless electricity...is it possible...?
Well...while researching gardening of all things I came across this story from the BBC - A system that can deliver power to devices without the need for wires has been shown off at a hi-tech conference....wow!
The system is based on work by physicist Marin Soljacic at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It exploits "resonance", whereby energy transfer is markedly more efficient when a certain frequency is applied. When two objects have the same resonant frequency, they exchange energy strongly without having an effect on other, surrounding objects.
For example, it is resonance that can cause a wine glass to explode when a singer hits exactly the right tone. But instead of using acoustic resonance, Witricity's approach exploits the resonance of low frequency electromagnetic waves.
The fascinating thing about this technology is that all you need is a 'like minded' receiver (by which I mean same resonant frequency) coil inside a laptop, television, toaster that matches the energy source transmitter and it will automatically make use of the resonant electricity to charge or power itself. No more wires, cables, batteries etc. The system utilises magnetic fields so keep your floppy disks somewhere else but otherwise the technology appears harmless to humans, pets and cockroaches (I say appears as we often can't predict the effects of these systems until someone has had decent exposure to it....Thalidomide anyone?).
Interesting enough the article in discussing precursors to the technology mentions the work and ideas of Edison and Tesla and writes "Tesla even went so far as to build a 29m-high aerial known as Wardenclyffe Tower in New York. "It ran into some financial troubles and that work was never completed," said Professor Soljacic"....financial trouble...It was canned by JP Morgan to prevent universal free energy!! Haven't you been on YouTube!!
*takes of his tin foil hat and returns to his discourse*
A world without wires is a fascinating idea - it bodes well for electric cars that charge themselves in your own garage or at the office carpark....surely that's not going to make big oil very happy though....
The full article is available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8165928.stm.
Enjoy!
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