2006-06-27 19:35:00 · 10 answers · asked by shivparekh 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Good question. I believe you can make electricity "wireless" but only in a straight line, sort of. The reason, I believe, is becuase electricity goes on the path of least resistance, like water. If you pour water down a stone it'll zig-zag because it's easier and less resistant, but if you want it to go from one stone to another, you need some time of channel to direct it there. It's just not gonna jump there.
As far as making it wireless, like a wireless modem, it's pretty much impossible, because it's gonna go to the best and easiest conductor like a piece of metal that's closest to it.
I'm not a master electrician or a scientest of any sort, but it makes sense.
2006-06-27 19:54:51 · answer #1 · answered by sbcadam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it can. Strong electric field can induce the current in a coil of wire.
That's how RFID chips work - the ID tags that just have to touch the reader, the anti-theft stickers that have to come within 2 feet of the reader in store. There was a working prototype of battery charger pad - you just have to place the device on it, not plug it in.
The problem with powering computers, TV's and such is that the necessary electric field would be so strong that it will disrupt wireless communication, and harm humans.
2006-06-28 03:04:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
never, because the air which is the medium for "wirelessness" is a very super good isolator, specially for 50 Hz electricity. Unless you want to start to have thunder as your source of electricity (and risking your life)
2006-06-29 04:48:14 · answer #3 · answered by add him 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are asking about apples and bananas. Wireless communication uses radio waves which are photons. Electricity uses electrons to produce currents. While photons do interact with electrons orbiting atoms (or molecules) electons have mass and travel at finite speeds while photons all travel at the speed of light. Light also consists of photons.
2006-06-28 07:47:42 · answer #4 · answered by Kes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
simple! have you ever seen a lightning stroked? that what you call a wireless electricity.
2006-06-28 02:43:21 · answer #5 · answered by puddytat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not yet, but research on Tesla's original ideas continues. The technology is called "microwaves," and has been around for some time.
2006-06-28 02:41:04 · answer #6 · answered by © 2007. Sammy Z. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever seen lightning?
There is a reason we don't send electricity through the air!
2006-06-28 02:47:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Current research is concentrated on controlling such electricity.
2006-06-28 02:45:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
AS on today it is not possible and it is only a wishful thinking and fantasy.But,we don't know it may be possible in future.
2006-06-28 02:48:52 · answer #9 · answered by sa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It already has been. Search on "Nikola Tesla", and Wardenclyffe.
2006-06-28 02:38:38 · answer #10 · answered by Riothamus Of Research ;<) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋