10-26-2012, 10:47 AM
I was under the impression that the problem wasn't with generation of clean energy, but in the transportation of it. Unfortunately, the man who was a pioneer in wireless power transfer over a century ago got his funding pulled, and it has taken us this long to pick up where he left off. Luckily, new materials may allow us to do this at significantly less cost.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...192758.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...192758.htm
Quote:ScienceDaily (Mar. 12, 2012) — More than one hundred years after the pioneering inventor Nikola Tesla first became fascinated with wireless energy transfer, the spread of mobile electronic devices has sparked renewed interest in the ability to power up without plugging in. Now researchers from Duke University in Durham, N.C., and the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories in Cambridge, Mass., have proposed a way to enhance the efficiency of wireless power transfer systems by incorporating a lens made from a new class of artificial materials.