Wireless Power Supply?

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#1 EddieTheGreat
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Hi, I was just wodering if you could get a wireless poer supply, I think that would be really cool!
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#2 jhbmw007
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Um, electricity flying wireless through the air? Doesn't sound very safe (or possible)
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#3 remmbermytitans
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No, I don't think its possible, the electricity needs to flow from wires into your Wii. There's no way that I know, to send electricity wirelessly. But maybe in a few years, someone will come up with the technology to do that.
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#4 travt-down
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You can mod your Wii so its powered by a hamster. Thats as close to wireless as you will ever get.
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#5 Cesar_Barba
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Closest thing that I know of, http://www.wildcharge.com/ and it's rather limited. Still, the whole static flying around sounds like trouble, can you imagine your hair?
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#6 GunSmith1_basic
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actually, several companies are researching that possibility. Dont hold your breath though
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#7 ozzsoad
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Wow, just....wow.

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#8 GunSmith1_basic
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Closest thing that I know of, http://www.wildcharge.com/ and it's rather limited. Still, the whole static flying around sounds like trouble, can you imagine your hair?Cesar_Barba

there are other possibilities as well. There could be some kind of heat sinking (which would cool devices as well), and then there's this:

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=7642, which seems to rely on electromagnetic radiation, which seems very promising.

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#9 DopeyDavoid
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It's possible, but that's about as unlikely to happen as your own fission reactor for your personal use.

One day though.

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#10 Jaysonguy
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Wow, just....wow.

ozzsoad

I'd like to second this motion

I really don't even know where to begin with this from a practicality standpoint to a "huh" standpoint

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#11 Toastman923
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[QUOTE="ozzsoad"]

Wow, just....wow.

Jaysonguy

I'd like to second this motion

I really don't even know where to begin with this from a practicality standpoint to a "huh" standpoint

i third

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#12 TDLlama
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Perhaps Nintendo will release a console with a built-in car battery.

Wireless power just sounds silly.

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#13 KenSPT
Member since 2007 • 319 Posts

I can actually help you out with this.

For $500 I can come to your house and hook you up with a product I call KenSPT's Super Awesome Amazing Wireless* Power Supply.

Seriously, it's a great deal, and the $500 includes installation. PM me if you're interested.

* Wireless Power Supply may include wires.

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#14 omally360
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I have read a similar news post on a pop sci website that talks about wirless energy. Heres the link.

http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-01/electricity-air

The only problem I have read about them they cannot supply enough energy for devices, limited in distance, and some devices still today consume to much power and cannot provide enough.

They would be mostly used for charging batteries at first until technology advance enough so that they could be used for more power consuming devices.

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#15 dotWithShoes
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I can actually help you out with this.

For $500 I can come to your house and hook you up with a product I call KenSPT's Super Awesome Amazing Wireless* Power Supply.

Seriously, it's a great deal, and the $500 includes installation. PM me if you're interested.

* Wireless Power Supply may include wires.

KenSPT

Nice advertisment.. forgot to add the .. wait, that would be system wars talk.. sorry, you just sounded like the Sony guy though :) Ken.

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#16 judog1
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Just like a internet connection, I would rather have it wired.
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#17 shadimoscouplos
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yea, i use poer to power my computer
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#18 aransom
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Hi, I was just wodering if you could get a wireless poer supply, I think that would be really cool!EddieTheGreat
The wireless power supply will probably come out about the same time as the pipeless sink.
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#19 ThePlothole
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While powering something wirelessly the air is possible, it's not very practical. Neither the "transmitter" nor the "reciever" could be anywhere close to 100% effiecient, so the whole setup would use more energy than is actually needed. (is it really worth having a wireless solution if your electricity bill suddenly doubles as a result?)
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#20 travt-down
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Doc Brown just called me. He said I can have the trash/fusion power cell off the DeLorean. Its totally going on the Wii.
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#21 ZumaJones07
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lol...it would be really cool... dangerous? Possibly. Possible? eh.... :?
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#22 IronManRhino
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Relax guys, he's obviously kidding, how ridiculous, do you hear me you ridiculous person? Wireless power, pbbt!
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#23 ho0p3r4life42
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http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/25/223257&from=rss
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#24 nezardm
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Nikola Tesla did this long long time ago, its just too bad coz of some people he never managed to share his work with the world and provide free electricity to everyone,harmless and safe to touch power...
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#25 WolfWatch
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[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"][QUOTE="ozzsoad"]

Wow, just....wow.

Toastman923

I'd like to second this motion

I really don't even know where to begin with this from a practicality standpoint to a "huh" standpoint

i third

forth...

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#26 Rev3nger
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Come on, who wouldn't like to see lightning bolts travelling from their wireless power supply towards their Wii?

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#27 presto7640
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It's not that outrageous. Wireless cell phone chargers are in the works at multiple companies. It'll be a while, but it will happen someday. And no, it won't be a huge lightning arc flying through your house...
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#28 zephead4
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What if my cat walks into it???

Id have fried cat on the floor! D: