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Re:UBeam CEO Meredith Perry steps aside amidst B2B pivot by illiac_1962 on Monday October 22, 2018 @11:00AM (#18275153)
Wow, so she generated a shitload of charged air and used a child's science experiment to woo some VCs? I think I'm in love. I cannot stop laughing. She could get rich many times over pulling this trick.
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Re:UBeam CEO Meredith Perry steps aside amidst B2B pivot by foldr on Monday October 22, 2018 @11:21AM (#18275350)
> a shitload of charged air

No, the air isn't holding a charge in Meredith's setup. The setup is essentially a speaker and a microphone, but optimized (somewhat) for energy transmission.

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