# Wireless power

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-power/461029>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 23, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-power/461029 "2008-08-23T16:04:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-power/461029/1 "2008-08-23T16:04:26Z")

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[From Intel.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/ts_alt_afp/usitinternetenergychipcompanyintel;_ylt=ApOOiSM_9vYL9JViryhP3RGs0NUE)

Cool!

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-power/461029/2 "2008-08-23T16:19:28Z")

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It’s not a new concept,just somebody new doing it.

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-power/461029/3 "2008-08-23T18:29:38Z")

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[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord]  
It’s not a new concept,just somebody new doing it.  
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Brought to you by the [same fella](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla) who brought you alternating current,

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-power/461029/4 "2008-08-23T19:27:54Z")

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[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical]  
[From Intel.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/ts_alt_afp/usitinternetenergychipcompanyintel;_ylt=ApOOiSM_9vYL9JViryhP3RGs0NUE)  
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From that link:

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> “It turns out the human body is not affected by magnetic fields; it is affected by elective fields. So what we are doing is transmitting energy using the magnetic field not the electric field.”

Which explains the ads on that page for Obama & McCain. Guess the light bulbs only work in convention halls or voting booths, eh?