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Why We Are Here => Hardware & Technology => Topic started by: rcjordan on August 03, 2020, 11:34:27 AM

Title: NZ to trial world-first commercial long range, wireless power transmission
Post by: rcjordan on August 03, 2020, 11:34:27 AM
hmmmm...

https://newatlas.com/energy/long-range-wireless-power-transmission-new-zealand-emrod/
Title: Re: NZ to trial world-first commercial long range, wireless power transmission
Post by: ergophobe on August 03, 2020, 02:45:43 PM
That could have implications for California. The vast majority of the human-caused fires with highest costs in terms of destroyed property had powerline disruption as the proximate cause (that was a very carefully worded sentence)
Title: Re: NZ to trial world-first commercial long range, wireless power transmission
Post by: rcjordan on August 03, 2020, 02:53:55 PM
Debbie says 'Don't cross the beams!'
Title: Re: NZ to trial world-first commercial long range, wireless power transmission
Post by: Brad on August 04, 2020, 10:01:22 AM
People are all upset and believing all sorts of bad things about 5G, I hate to think about the conspiracies theories they think up for wireless power.
Title: Re: NZ to trial world-first commercial long range, wireless power transmission
Post by: BoL on August 04, 2020, 04:45:27 PM
Layman thought, wouldn't a bloody huge magnet be able to nick the stream of electricity? Might not need the hugeness but you get the idea. Perhaps that would need an equivalent force, I do not know.

Not read the finer details but guess it's most feasible if the line of sight is several hundred metres above ground level.
Title: Re: NZ to trial world-first commercial long range, wireless power transmission
Post by: thesaintv12 on August 04, 2020, 06:01:17 PM
This is really interesting. Good to see some action on a 120 year old idea! Lets hope they don't all meet with an accident the night before the test  ;)