Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-27 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 09:48:13AM +0200, Dave Long wrote: > I think the geometry is key: a short distance to a large vehicle > (pancake geometry) is going to be much better coupled than a long > distance to a small device (spaghetti geometry). (add to that the > fact that vehicles with a m

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-27 Thread Dave Long
At work we use inductive coupling to power several dozen wireless vehicles. These aren't small, as some are moving theaters that carry 120 people, and our newest installation is a small fleet of electric submarines. Frankly, I'm a bit disappointed that MIT hasn't done better research in t

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-26 Thread Bruce Metcalf
shiv sastry wrote: On Monday 18 Jun 2007 7:39 am, Bruce Metcalf wrote: At work we use inductive coupling to power several dozen wireless vehicles. These aren't small, as some are moving theaters that carry 120 people, and our newest installation is a small fleet of electric submarines. Could

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-26 Thread Bruce Metcalf
Eugen Leitl wrote: On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 10:09:05PM -0400, Bruce Metcalf wrote: At work we use inductive coupling to power several dozen wireless vehicles. These aren't small, as some are moving theaters that carry 120 people, and our newest installation is a small fleet of electric submarin

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-18 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 10:09:05PM -0400, Bruce Metcalf wrote: > At work we use inductive coupling to power several dozen wireless > vehicles. These aren't small, as some are moving theaters that carry 120 > people, and our newest installation is a small fleet of electric submarines. > > Frankl

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-17 Thread shiv sastry
On Monday 18 Jun 2007 7:39 am, Bruce Metcalf wrote: > At work we use inductive coupling to power several dozen wireless > vehicles. These aren't small, as some are moving theaters that carry 120 > people, and our newest installation is a small fleet of electric > submarines. Could you explain this

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-17 Thread Bruce Metcalf
Bruce Metcalf wrote: ... vituperatively AM crystal radio receivers Sorry, should have been "superregenerative AM crystal radio receivers". Stupid spellchecker messed me up again. Bruce

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-17 Thread Bruce Metcalf
Eugen Leitl wrote: - Forwarded message from "Hughes, James J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=dn12014 Your cellphone or laptop computer may soon recharge itself the same way it transfers information - wirelessly. Researchers at the Massachusetts

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-08 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 6/8/07, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6/8/07, shiv sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.google.com/search?q=%22wireless+speakers%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq > >=t&num=100 > > Ummm - not really. These "wireless" speakers still require power supply for > amplification. >

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-08 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 10:29:00AM +0530, Madhu Menon wrote: > Cooked cats might be tasty. Perhaps some barbecue sauce to go along? Here's a nice buffet: http://www.lolcats.com/ http://lolcats2.com/ http://icanhascheezburger.com/

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-08 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 11:43:01AM +0530, Gautam John wrote: > Ars have a good write-up. > > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070607-remote-laptop-power-up-not-anytime-soon.html For some applications (mobile gadget chargers) you don't care about efficiency (wall warts, ahem), you care about

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-07 Thread Gautam John
Ars have a good write-up. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070607-remote-laptop-power-up-not-anytime-soon.html

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-07 Thread shiv sastry
On Friday 08 Jun 2007 10:29 am, Madhu Menon wrote: > Cooked cats might be tasty. Perhaps some barbecue sauce to go along? I prefer catsup actually. Barbecue sauce is for bears skewered on cues. Billiard, int it?

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-07 Thread Madhu Menon
Udhay Shankar N wrote: I am talking about speakers that will receive their amp power wirelessly. The challenge with that, as with many other applications for this, is safety - how not to cook say, your cat that gets in the path of the beam? Cooked cats might be tasty. Perhaps some barbecue s

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-07 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On 6/8/07, shiv sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.google.com/search?q=%22wireless+speakers%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq >=t&num=100 Ummm - not really. These "wireless" speakers still require power supply for amplification. I am talking about speakers that will receive their amp power w

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-07 Thread shiv sastry
On Friday 08 Jun 2007 9:29 am, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Already available. > > http://www.google.com/search?q=%22wireless+speakers%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq >=t&num=100 Ummm - not really. These "wireless" speakers still require power supply for amplification. I am talking about speakers that will

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-07 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On 6/8/07, shiv sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your cellphone or laptop computer may soon recharge itself the same way it > transfers information - wirelessly. The application I want to see is wireless stereo speakers Already available. http://www.google.com/search?q=%22wireless+speaker

Re: [silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-07 Thread shiv sastry
On Friday 08 Jun 2007 2:15 am, Eugen Leitl wrote: > Your cellphone or laptop computer may soon recharge itself the same way it > transfers information - wirelessly. The application I want to see is wireless stereo speakers shiv

[silk] [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power

2007-06-07 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from "Hughes, James J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: "Hughes, James J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 16:26:49 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [tt] Tesla vindicated: wireless power http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=dn12014 Wireless power co