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Re:Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011) by hacker11235 on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @03:19PM (#15544418)
Could you expand more on the prospects of wireless transmission of electricity. I've seen some stuff about this but have had a hard time finding sources talking about it, I'm quite intrigued.
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Re:Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011) by stephengillie on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @03:35PM (#15544543)
If you have a new iPhone or an older Android, you could utilize this technology to charge your phone.
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Re:Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011) by hacker11235 on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @04:02PM (#15544781)
Right, inductive charging. From what I've read it doesn't seem like this was the method Tesla was researching for long range transmission was it?
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Re:Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011) by Rhinobird on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @05:07PM (#15545266)
Tesla was trying to make use of the conductivity present in the ground and ionosphere to transmit power. Not inductive, but more like capacitively coupled.
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Re:Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011) by mr_woozy on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @07:43PM (#15546173)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-wire_transmission_line
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