While it is possible, it is more likely wireless power will come about a little bit
after the 802.11 (or 11b) standard has come to pass.
As a side note, Tesla was working on a Tower of Power (not affiliated with wwf, or any
other such). He was going to generate a bunch of power for free(as in pizza). He was
being funded by JP Morgan, and Morgan canned the project when tesla said it was going
to be free power. Here's how it works.
Electrons flow when there is an electronic differential along two 'ends' of a circuit.
As negative charges build up, they await a conductive path somewhere there is a
positive charge. When the path is created, they flow along to be dissapated at the
other end. This flow running through an electronic device is what powers it.
As during a thunderstorm, friction and other forces build up a positive charge in the
clouds. Such a great electric field that electrons in the ground are repelled away,
creating a positive charge there. As the charges build up, it becomes more convenient
for the air to break down becoming ionized, and a conductive path, than it is for the
charges to continue to build. The electrons flow to dissapation, creating lightning.
Now imagine, a large tower - perhaps eifel tower size. However, the tower isn't
plugged in to the ground. Instead it is insullated from the ground. Then there is a
rod put deep into the earth, underneath the tower. The theory is, as the natural
forces of earth occur, the tower will be negatively charge, and the rod positively
charge. One then only needs to connect these two rods together, through some sort of
battery and capacitors to store, and controll the flow. Homes and businesses can then
be powered from the battery, as a regular power generator.
Cory
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:34:34PM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
> Cory Petkovsek wrote:
>
> > IEEE is drafting the 802.3af standard which will allow electricity to travel
> > along regular cat3 and cat 5 cables along with 10baseT and 100baseTX
> > ethernet.
>
> Will it also be possible to transmit power over 802.11 wireless
> Ethernet? (-:
>
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> K<bob>
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