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Why can't we have wireless power?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Maybe we can! One of the most influential Electrical Engineers in all history, Nikola Tesla, actually believed we could have world-wide wireless power, and began building a transmitter for just such a purpose (Search for "Wardenclyffe Tower"). Unfortunately, he wasn't able to make it happen in his lifetime.

Some electric toothbrushes and cellular phones now recharge wirelessly through inductive coupling, but this is a very short-range technology.

Research into medium-range, high-power wireless power transfer systems is currently underway at the University of Washington and MIT, and at least one company (WiTricity) is prototyping technology for wireless power transfer within the home. Imagine installing a transmitter on your ceiling which allows your cellphone and laptop battery to recharge anywhere in the room.

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14y ago

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