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Re:uBeam's insider story by ex employee? by onion2k on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @03:41AM (#11673329)
Ambition is great, but it doesn't really mean much unless they can show current, visible results that demonstrate they might actually get there. When Elon Musk says he's launching a rocket to Mars in 2 years time we all get pretty excited because he's already launched a rocket to transfer orbit today. He's demonstrated that he can bring a similar thing to the market. If I had $80m I could pay SpaceX to launch something in to space.

When uBeam say they're going to make wires a thing of the past, I will remain skeptical until they have a product on a shelf that I can buy. Until then I am as excited about their wireless power transmission as I am by any other startup in the same space - it's a great idea, but it needs to be seen.

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Re:uBeam's insider story by ex employee? by mikeyouse on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @03:59AM (#11673411)
Agreed, and I have no inside info at all -- they'll probably fail even, but it seems like there's a gulf between cautious optimism and whatever is going on here. As for the SpaceX comparison, if they do indeed send a mission to Mars in 2018, it will have been 16 years since the company was first founded with Elon's intention to go to Mars and 10 years after they first achieved orbit.. Hard things take time!
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