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MIT Team Powers Light Bulb Without Wires

Thu Jun 7, 2007 4:29 PM EDT
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Associated Press

In this photo released by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology team that performed an experiment demonstrating wireless power transmission from the coil on the left to the coil on the right, where it powers a 60W light-bulb, are seen. Members of the team that performed the experiment are, front row: Peter Fisher,left, and Robert Moffatt; second row: Marin Soljacic; third row: Andre Kurs, left, John Joannopoulos,and Aristeidis Karalis. Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers made a 60-watt light bulb glow by sending it energy wirelessly - from a device 7 feet away - potentially heralding a future in which cell phones and other gadgets get their juice without having to be plugged in. (AP Photo/Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

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rhodezone

Tesla must be rolling over in his grave.

  • 3 votes
Reply#1 - Thu Jun 7, 2007 5:37 PM EDT
Ageing Hippie

This will really come into it own when we get room temperature superconductors, then watch out.

  • 1 vote
Reply#2 - Thu Jun 7, 2007 7:08 PM EDT
Picaso

Didn't Apple file a patent using this concept to charge gadgets?

    Reply#3 - Fri Jun 8, 2007 2:06 AM EDT
    coxy

    Aren't there patents for everything that doesn't exist yet; just another way of cashing in, and another excuse to sue people.

      #3.1 - Fri Jun 8, 2007 6:02 AM EDT
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