IDF 2008: Intel Imagines Wireless Power For Your Laptop

[Guest]

Intel traditionally closes its Developer Forum with a visionary keynote that provides a glimpse into Intel's labs and how the company's engineers think about how technology could shape the world in five, ten or - in this case - 40 years

IDF 2008: Intel Imagines Wireless Power For Your Laptop : Read more

 

[gm0n3y]

Uh, that whole wireless power thing was invented by Tesla almost 100 years ago. He did the whole walking around with a lightbulb in his hand exactly as described in this article. I don't want to get started on a Telsa rant here, but this doesn't sound any different that what he had already done.

 

[crosshares]

But probably because of its indirect nature, it wouldn't just be the battery that gets a charge. Or lightbulb.

 

[gm0n3y]

[citation][nom]crosshares[/nom]But probably because of its indirect nature, it wouldn't just be the battery that gets a charge. Or lightbulb.[/citation]

?

 

[martel80]

What if the charge accidentaly builds up where it shouldn't?