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Energous Says Its Truly Wireless Charging Technology Will Ship Later This Year — In Next iPhone?
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Lol. You are already exposed to electromagnetic radiation strong enough to charge a phone, every day. It's called sunlight.
I worry more about hearing loss. It's so convenient that i was wearing by Bluetooth headphones more at the gym and at home. I had to stop and chill on that because I started getting a ringing in my ears.
If 10 years are enough... I mean there's no clear answer if phone radiation is harmful or not, yet there's another potential harmful radiation added to our lives :-/
I bet if the internet was around back in the 50's people would've said the same about smoking...
Excellent. Now an excuse to remove the remaining port. If they don't at least keep lightning I'm switching to Android.
Top 5 consumer electronics?
Samsung, Apple, Sony, Toshiba, Intel, Panasonic, Hitachi, HP, Microsoft? Could be any of those. Very cool if Apple but there are lots of options that are not Apple.
Samsung, Apple, Sony, Toshiba, Intel, Panasonic, Hitachi, HP, Microsoft? Could be any of those. Very cool if Apple but there are lots of options that are not Apple.
It is really sad how you think you are better than other people. Why don't you think a bit more research about the impact on the human body isn't necessary? What if this technology is adopted fast everywhere in the world, and in five years scientists find out that the technology is harmful?
so if those get eventually widespread even in public we may never have to actually "charge" again!
Not really everywhere. One in my bedroom and one at the office would charge virtually everything I have enough to not need plugged in charging. I will never replace all cable many of the regular use cases will be sorted
I wouldn't worry, we literally are surrounded with multiple sources of radio waves emitting them at us constantly. Radio stations, wifi, cell towers, outer-space. If I remember the science, and someone please correct me, The wave is too short to do damage and just passes through us harmlessly.
You, me, we all get blasted with far worse waves from space quite frequently.
On topic: MY BODY IS SOOOOOO READY FOR WIFI CHARGING!!!
two things, the video is god awful
and to the health concerned... check this link out, it's a device that's already out using leftover RF to charge it. No transmitter needed, just simply uses whatever is left over from our everyday devices. So if theirs is along the same principle, I highly doubt that the increase in radiation levels (if any) would be fairly minimal.
and to the health concerned... check this link out, it's a device that's already out using leftover RF to charge it. No transmitter needed, just simply uses whatever is left over from our everyday devices. So if theirs is along the same principle, I highly doubt that the increase in radiation levels (if any) would be fairly minimal.
The video was the biggest waste of 60 seconds I've ever spent. I want to smack that jerk.
Why too late exactly? It's not like any other company has achieved the miracle of true wireless charging yet.
Are we trying to strip Apple of this achievement by suggesting there was a magical arbitrary deadline they failed to meet?
Wireless whatever including charging is a waste of energy. It should be avoided whenever possible to protect planet Earth.
Your silly attempt at equivalence is like saying you could fill an ocean with a thimble of water.
At some point EM is hazardous. Question is where is the point. Is it with this technology? Or far from it?
You mostly remember your science correctly. RF (Radio Frequency) waves are too *long* to do damage.
Radio waves don't usually pass through us; they are absorbed. However, the waves do not have enough energy to do damage; they only warm us very slightly. It's exactly the same mechanism by which you feel warm when sitting next to an incandescent light bulb.
Not until waves get short enough to get past the UV range do they start causing damage. Shorter waves have more energy, and UV and shorter waves can start to knock atoms about in our cells, including DNA, which is where the damage comes from.
Everything visible light and longer is harmless though.
THAT SAID, though...
Wireless charging is inefficient, and not likely to work very well. RF is great for transmitting information, but not so much for energy. The inverse square law comes into play; available power drops sharply as you move further away from the transmitter. The power required might damage other equipment in the path of the signal, not to mention interference. No thanks, really.
Inductive charging is much more efficient; IE laying your phone on a charging mat. But even that is only a fraction as efficient as a simple wire connection.
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Until actual studies are accurate and verified concerning this specific product, that is if it actually releases, I wouldn't be concerned more than any other health concerns unbeknownst to yours or others environment.
Includes free tumours for the whole family!! No extra charge! Pun intended.
While you're home, yes. The minute you walk out the door you're going to want a device that's fully charged.
Tim Cook says amazing desktops coming soon. I know this is crazy talk and more fantasy than anything else, but imagine if the entire Mac line (including displays) was fitted with this technology? These devices are always plugged in, and could now wirelessly charge all your ios devices. One step further, new AppleTV and AirPorts are released that also act as charging stations (since they are also always plugged in). A lot of Apple users would get all the benefits of wireless charging on their iPhones without ever having to buy an extra peripheral. That would be cool!
I don't think we are going to see a full blown wireless charging solution so soon where you can walk around the house and expect it to charge.
My guess would be it would be chargeable within 3-5 ft and after that it would just cutoff. So simply putting it on your nightstand and it will charge.
This could also very likely be the reason apple abandoned magsafe. Now you can just plug in the adapter and keep your mac on your desk.
The key word is too, as in too much.
Water can be deadly too if you drink too much of it, I got into problems when cycling in Thailand with temperatures over 40 Degrees Celsius drinking more than 10 liters a day.
If there is too much power in certain waves it's probably not healthy either, but it probably also depends on what kind of waves.