Re: [Vo]:Nokia developing phone that recharges itself without mains electricity - virtual inductor

2013-03-26 Thread David L Babcock
On 3/25/2013 6:15 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Arnaud Kodeck's message of Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:41:27 +0100: Hi, [snip] 50Hz antenna will make the phone very huge ... No, you just need to use resonance, though I grant that a resonant circuit at 50 or 60 Hz would probably need large

Re: [Vo]:Nokia developing phone that recharges itself without mains electricity - virtual inductor

2013-03-26 Thread Harry Veeder
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 2:11 PM, David L Babcock ol...@rochester.rr.com wrote: Regarding the charging, if you shift the source band up-spectrum to light frequencies, then all that's needed is a photocell and a small IC for voltage boost. Probably get more charge too, even if the phone is

RE: [Vo]:Nokia developing phone that recharges itself without mains electricity

2013-03-25 Thread Arnaud Kodeck
50Hz antenna will make the phone very huge ... If they extended the range to below 50Hz, they could pick up the stray field from the grid, which is much larger than the RF transmissions they are harvesting now. Since most of this would be harvested indoors, it would automatically be

Re: [Vo]:Nokia developing phone that recharges itself without mains electricity

2013-03-25 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote: The antenna and the receiver circuit are designed to pick up a wide range of frequencies — from 500 megahertz to 10 gigahertz — and convert the electromagnetic waves into an electrical current, So you could just pop it

Re: [Vo]:Nokia developing phone that recharges itself without mains electricity

2013-03-25 Thread Harry Veeder
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote: The antenna and the receiver circuit are designed to pick up a wide range of frequencies — from 500 megahertz to 10 gigahertz — and convert the

Re: [Vo]:Nokia developing phone that recharges itself without mains electricity

2013-03-25 Thread David Roberson
Don't try this at home! Dave -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, Mar 25, 2013 9:45 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Nokia developing phone that recharges itself without mains electricity On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Harry

Re: [Vo]:Nokia developing phone that recharges itself without mains electricity

2013-03-25 Thread mixent
In reply to Arnaud Kodeck's message of Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:41:27 +0100: Hi, [snip] 50Hz antenna will make the phone very huge ... No, you just need to use resonance, though I grant that a resonant circuit at 50 or 60 Hz would probably need large capacitors/coils. Using electronics to mimic a

Re: [Vo]:Nokia developing phone that recharges itself without mains electricity

2013-03-25 Thread David Roberson
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Nokia developing phone that recharges itself without mains electricity In reply to Arnaud Kodeck's message of Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:41:27 +0100: Hi, [snip] 50Hz antenna will make the phone very huge ... No, you just need to use resonance, though I grant that a resonant circuit at 50

[Vo]:Nokia developing phone that recharges itself without mains electricity

2013-03-24 Thread Harry Veeder
Nokia developing phone that recharges itself without mains electricity Prototype harvests radiowaves from TV, radio and other mobiles http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/10/nokia-mobile-phone quote ...Nokia claims it is able to scavenge relatively large amounts of power — around a

Re: [Vo]:Nokia developing phone that recharges itself without mains electricity

2013-03-24 Thread mixent
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:21:19 -0400: Hi, [snip] Nokia developing phone that recharges itself without mains electricity Prototype harvests radiowaves from TV, radio and other mobiles http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/10/nokia-mobile-phone quote