Re: O.T. Ain't science grand? Message #25 Posted by Kerem Kapkin (Silicon Valley, CA) on 19 Mar 2012, 12:36 p.m., in response to message #1 by Palmer O. Hanson, Jr.
No large batteries are needed. The answer is in Nikola Tesla's wireless energy transfer process and its improvement to today's technology. A lighter vechile with backup gas or electric motor to run on highways that are powered by remote wireless power. Nikola Tesla has accomplished to transfer power over 48 Kilometers back in 1896. Here is a sample of most recent achievements from Wikipedia(Wireless energy transfer ):
2009: A simple analytical electrical model of electrodynamic induction power transmission is proposed and applied to a wireless power transfer system for implantable devices.[116]
2009: Lasermotive uses diode laser to win $900k NASA prize in power beaming, breaking several world records in power and distance, by transmitting over a kilowatt more than several hundred meters.[117]
2009: Sony shows a wireless electrodynamic-induction powered TV set, 60 W over 50 cm[118]
2010: Haier Group debuts “the world's first” completely wireless LCD television at CES 2010 based on Prof. Marin Soljacic's follow-up research on Tesla's electrodynamic induction wireless energy transmission method and the Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI).[119]
2010: System On Chip (SoC) group in University of British Columbia develops an optimization tool for the design of highly efficient wireless power transmission systems using multiple coils. The design is optimized for implantable applications and power transfer efficiency of 82% is achieved.[120]
Edited: 19 Mar 2012, 12:38 p.m.
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