I.T. Vibe - Intel End Power Cable Chaos

News that Intel has perfected a system which will allow your electronic devices to ‘charge up' remotely has the potential to bring about an end to the mass of cables you might have stored behind your computer, your TV, etc. The new system allows devices to ‘absorb' power from a number of discrete power supplies without the use of wires. So how does it work?

The process revolves around an ideal called magnetic induction which has something to do with the same process by which an Opera singer is able to shatter a glass by finding the glasses ‘natural frequency'. The development announced by Intel allows a power socket to create a powerful magnetic field round itself which can then be used to transfer power to another device. So how can you control which devices will absorb the power?

By ‘tuning' the likes of laptops, light bulbs, etc to the same frequency as the magnetic field a light can run remotely from a power supply and a laptop would be able to recharge itself when the battery is low - if it was located within range of the wireless power supply. The difference between the systems of the today a similar system introduced a few years ago is that power absorption rates have been increased to 90% from around the 40% level.

Comment # 1 on 23 August 2008 at 20:53 by Anonymous

I'm sure wireless power is totally harmless, nothing to worry about! http://notnews.today.com/2008/08/23/intel-demonstrates-wireless-power-for-the-home/