wonders never cease!!

[zba78]

An old rhyme goes:

Lincolnshire, born and bred.
Strong in arm, thick in head.

I always thought that rhyme was aimed at Yorkshireman.

Generally it's about how people are educated. If people are told from young that Newton invented gravity (and before him all men lived suspended in mid-air!!!) then that what most will continue to believe. If they are told he 'explained how gravity works' then that what people will continue to believe.

[xxqq]

Several years ago there is a Canadian unmanned airplane powered wirelessly from Earth using Microwave (SHARP).
In Iceland and other region there are electric bus charged on bus stop/traffic light wirelessly using induction.
There is an electric pad that can charge cellphone, PDA using induction.
There is an experiment with Tube lamp powered by radio broadcasting.

NASDA scientist (Japan) had proposal/plan for Solar power generator on Balloon. The power will be sent to earth using high powered laser.
There are experiment in 1960s about sending power using laser between 2 islands.

Several electric toothbrush are charged wirelessly using induction.
Seiko Kinetic watch is powered by vibration.

[Roxoff]

I for one think it's never going to work! Nikola Tesla tried the same concept over 100 years ago and ran into one tiny detail: you can't charge for it! If energy is avaiable in the air, there's no way you can charge people for it, so companies are not going to invest on something they can't make many of.

Of course there's always the case that they could figure out a way to charge people for the service!

Just my opinion on the matter...

Yeah, Nicola Tesla was told to bugger off by J. P. Morgan because he couldn't put a meter on the power system.

What has moved on though is way society handles these kinds of developments. Maybe it'd be possible to register the receiving equipment (from what I understand the transmitter and receiver would have to be closely aligned in resonant frequency) with the transmitting equipment, or the receiver could be supplied with a subscription key that allows it to be turned on and off remotely by some central station.

Here in the UK, service charges are paid for stuff like water and television where no metering exists (although there are water meters around now) and the internet is usually a flat-fee subscription for unlimited bandwidth (unless you signed up with the wrong ISP). What's wrong with applying some of those principles to this.

Tesla must have made his system work to a degree or he wouldn't have built a full-scale tower to test it properly, even if he did run out of money before finishing it.