Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoWhats the deal with tesla theorizing we can transmit electricity through the air? Are we too dumb to figure it out or is it an exaggeration?message-squaremessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down15
arrow-up150arrow-down1message-squareWhats the deal with tesla theorizing we can transmit electricity through the air? Are we too dumb to figure it out or is it an exaggeration?Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square30linkfedilink
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workscakeMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·edit-224 days agoIt was basically omnidirectional high powered high frequency induction, wasn’t it?
minus-squareKn1ghtDigital@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up23·24 days agoI think it also has a high chance to electrocute anything or anyone not grounded? At least that’s what I gleaned from the old Nikola Tesla theoretical city-wide wireless power grid idea?
minus-squarepdxfed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·24 days agoI think he was making great progress but the capitalists wanted to know where to put the meter and he was a genius among bean counters.
minus-squareFunctionallyLiterate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-224 days agoI would expect beamforming to be used rather than needlessly wasteful omnidirectional.
It was basically omnidirectional high powered high frequency induction, wasn’t it?
I think it also has a high chance to electrocute anything or anyone not grounded? At least that’s what I gleaned from the old Nikola Tesla theoretical city-wide wireless power grid idea?
I think he was making great progress but the capitalists wanted to know where to put the meter and he was a genius among bean counters.
I would expect beamforming to be used rather than needlessly wasteful omnidirectional.