Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoWhats the deal with tesla theorizing we can transmit electricity through the air? Are we too dumb to figure it out or is it an exaggeration?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down12
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWhats the deal with tesla theorizing we can transmit electricity through the air? Are we too dumb to figure it out or is it an exaggeration?Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareTheLunatickle@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up55·24 days agoWe know how to do it, it’s just super inefficient.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workscakeMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-224 days agoIt was basically omnidirectional high powered high frequency induction, wasn’t it?
minus-squareKn1ghtDigital@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up10·24 days agoI think it also has a high chance to electrocute anything or anyone not grounded? At least that’s what I gleaned from the old Nikola Tesla theoretical city-wide wireless power grid idea?
minus-squarepdxfed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·24 days agoI think he was making great progress but the capitalists wanted to know where to put the meter and he was a genius among bean counters.
minus-squareFunctionallyLiterate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-224 days agoI would expect beamforming to be used rather than needlessly wasteful omnidirectional.
We know how to do it, it’s just super inefficient.
It was basically omnidirectional high powered high frequency induction, wasn’t it?
I think it also has a high chance to electrocute anything or anyone not grounded? At least that’s what I gleaned from the old Nikola Tesla theoretical city-wide wireless power grid idea?
I think he was making great progress but the capitalists wanted to know where to put the meter and he was a genius among bean counters.
I would expect beamforming to be used rather than needlessly wasteful omnidirectional.