Anyone else remember the great film Forbidden Planet from 1955? That movie made a big impression on me when I first saw it as a boy back in the 60s.
We are becoming The Krell . . . Chuck B. (Day 3 of my Pre Plus indoctrination) From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ldouglas Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Treo] Electric cars to charge wirelessly like Pre with Touchstone I saw somewhere where a spec for wireless charging was being finalized so that all devices could come with wireless charging soon On 7/29/10, George Kontos <[email protected] <mailto:georgekontos%40inficad.com> > wrote: > Wireless Charging for Electric Vehicles: Coming Soon > > Similar in principle to induction-charging devices for phones (for example, > the "Touchstone" accessory for the Palm Pre), Evatran is developing a > solution to charge your electric car without the need to plug it in. The > Evatran "Plugless Power" system works by fitting an adapter to the car, and > mounting an induction-charging plate in the garage. > > Simply park the car near (very near, apparently within a few inches) of the > plate, and power will flow via electromagnetic induction from the plate to > the adapter, and into the car's batteries. > > The system is as-of-yet unreleased, but Evatran claims efficiency of up to > 80%, with a target of 90% at launch. Evatran will be conducting (ha!) a > pilot program, so if you're a plug-in electric vehicle owner, and interested > in the possibility of wirelessly charging your ride, head on over to their > site and sign up! Or, if you're not an early-adopter type, the final version > should be available in early 2011. > > URL: > http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100729/tc_pcworld/wirelesschargingforelect > ricvehiclescomingsoon_1;_ylc=X3oDMTEwaWY3MTVzBF9TAzIwMjM4Mjc1MjQEZW1haWxJZAM > xMjgwNDM2MzI0 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
