Comments on: Sony send mains power through thin air http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2009/10/02/sony-send-mains-power-through-thin-air/ Search this site - over 170 articles on Alpha system topics! Subscribe to our magazine too! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:06:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: harvey http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2009/10/02/sony-send-mains-power-through-thin-air/comment-page-1/#comment-1881 harvey Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:31:37 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/?p=1773#comment-1881 I knew about the MIT research but not that anyone was trying to commercialise these techniques. Tesla would be proud. For more technical details on some of the technology look at the papers from this research group: http://www.mit.edu/~soljacic/ In particular: http://www.mit.edu/~soljacic/wireless_power.html I knew about the MIT research but not that anyone was trying to commercialise these techniques. Tesla would be proud.
For more technical details on some of the technology look at the papers from this research group: http://www.mit.edu/~soljacic/
In particular: http://www.mit.edu/~soljacic/wireless_power.html

]]> By: admin http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2009/10/02/sony-send-mains-power-through-thin-air/comment-page-1/#comment-1880 admin Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:32:05 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/?p=1773#comment-1880 I think the concept is more valuable than this application. The un-tuned method is already used for ordinary things like inductive charging on electric toothbrushes. It looks from the picture (which I have not used) as if two large parallel surfaces are involved. Extend the concept to something like a battery/control grip for a DSLR which requires no physical contacts - enabling total environmental sealing of the DSLR. Or a car audio module which has no external wiring at all and can only be powered by the car it belongs to. David I think the concept is more valuable than this application. The un-tuned method is already used for ordinary things like inductive charging on electric toothbrushes. It looks from the picture (which I have not used) as if two large parallel surfaces are involved. Extend the concept to something like a battery/control grip for a DSLR which requires no physical contacts – enabling total environmental sealing of the DSLR. Or a car audio module which has no external wiring at all and can only be powered by the car it belongs to.

David

]]> By: springm http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2009/10/02/sony-send-mains-power-through-thin-air/comment-page-1/#comment-1879 springm Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:51:51 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/?p=1773#comment-1879 Well, for specialized applications this might be interesting, but generally loosing 1/3-1/5 of the energy by transmission looks like a major setback in the light of a global climate change due to the excessive in-effective use of energy. Well, for specialized applications this might be interesting, but generally loosing 1/3-1/5 of the energy by transmission looks like a major setback in the light of a global climate change due to the excessive in-effective use of energy.

]]> By: braeside http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2009/10/02/sony-send-mains-power-through-thin-air/comment-page-1/#comment-1878 braeside Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:00:35 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/?p=1773#comment-1878 Wonder if those living in a semi-detached house will be able to steal next door's electricity now as well as their Wi-Fi ;-) Wonder if those living in a semi-detached house will be able to steal next door’s electricity now as well as their Wi-Fi ;-)

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