it would be a breakthrough if possible, we wouldn't need pathetic batteries anymore. you could have an electric station and beam electrons to various objects for operation- cars in particlar. woulnd tneed fossil fiels either.
2006-10-01 13:03:44 · 0 answers · asked by primordial_primate45 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
how do you think pacemakers are recharged?
2006-10-01 13:05:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nikolai Tesla tried to do this, without much success. The problem is to transmit the power in a narrow beam, which doesn't cook you if you intercept it, and which is produced and converted back to electricity at the other end with high efficiency. The closest anybody has got is to levitate a model helicopter with a beam of microwaves. An electric motor drives the rotors. It's powered by an array of diodes which convert the microwaves to DC. If we ever get around to being able to control neutrinos or gravity waves, there's a chance that we'll succeed. Neither of these interact with matter much, so if you walked in front of a 1 gigawatt beam, it wouldn't hurt you. But this is why we can't generate or detect them very well.
2006-10-01 17:14:31 · answer #2 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think your question would be better asked, "Is it possible to wirelessly transmit power?"
Most of the examples given above do not transmit electricity, but use magnetism or magnetic waves to transfer power. This is not the same as transmitting electricity.
2006-10-01 13:11:14 · answer #3 · answered by eric.s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know many people who suggested it not being possible to wirelessly transmit electricity
2015-03-18 22:39:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way right now to get electricity wirelessly is by being next to a large Electromagnetic force (EMF), such as very high voltage power lines, and transforming it to usable electricity. It is the same force that some groups of people say that is what causes cancer in people who live near power lines.
2006-10-01 13:10:41 · answer #5 · answered by voidedius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Already possible.
The year 1904 successful experiments were conducted to trasnfer energy wirelessly at a range of 100 m.
2006-10-01 20:51:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Briefly...It appears from the other people above that transmission of the electricity in its various forms of microwaves, etc is possible but definetly dangerous if we cross its path. How about reducing its intensity and spreading it like an electrical blanket just above the ozone layer (probably!); and have power stations along the coastline and elsewhere tapping the power off, won't be dangerous to us walking people as intense power fields would be vertical...planes beware ;), seriously, these towers could be probably be used as an effective barrier from threat and used as a defensive shield (dual purpose and more).
Perhaps this is all ut04..;)
2006-10-04 06:14:33 · answer #7 · answered by chillineil 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that primordial may have meant the transmission of large amounts of power(mega watts per hour perhaps) over long distances and the receiver capable of receiving the bulk of this power. As far as I know this is not possible at this time and may defy the laws of physics, regardless of the safety aspects.
2013-12-30 12:31:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And how would you convince those electrons to get where they're supposed to go instead of wandering off to satisfy some other charged particles' needs without direct guidance (aka wires)?
2006-10-01 13:06:57 · answer #9 · answered by soymilk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A simple radio transmission is a transmission of electricity. The process is so inefficient though, that there is no usable power at the other end. embedded microchips in animals use this principle.
2006-10-01 13:05:55 · answer #10 · answered by teef_au 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunatly... Now i cant bother the rookies at the stage to find me a wireless extension cord now that i actually have one... Really cool gadget, esp when im sick of running a ton of cables doing sound and lights, but still...now its back to left handed screwdrivers..
2006-10-01 14:16:30 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋