NZ to trial world-first commercial long range, wireless power transmission

[rcjordan]

^hmmmm...

https://newatlas.com/energy/long-range-wireless-power-transmission-new-zealand-emrod/

[ergophobe]

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)

[rcjordan]

Debbie says 'Don't cross the beams!'

[Brad]

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.

[BoL]

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.

[thesaintv12]

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