I've read elsewhere about this and it seems to be a very interesting article. Wireless internet connections are scary enough - god help us with the introduction of wireless electrickery! (intentional spelling error for humour value)

Aye very intresting topic.

I wonder what medical illness this will create.. or how long till the 1st person get electricuted by it lol

That last bit has always been the question. Transmitted power has been possible technologically, for decades...but anyone or anything that gets inbetween the source and receiver gets zapped. This version uses a magnetic transmission system that won't zap anything and (supposedly) has no effect on people. As you said though, how long will it be before the adverse biological impact on humans is discovered?

Hmm, thought this was very interesting and googled it to get some more info.

One of the hits I got was this, which is not exactly the same but... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/07/15/build_your_own_klingon_disruptor/

There are some many nutters out there, maybe wireless electricity would be too damn dangerous - imagine sitting on a bus and someone points a device at it to blow the batteries on all mobile phones or other hand devices with a blast of electricity - or am I just being paranoid

Nuff said.

I remember an old Jonny Quest episode (circa 1964) where Dr. Quest built a rather large device that would do exactly that. Touted as the "weapon of the future". Could disrupt the power supply of any of the enemy's electronic gear, knock jets out of the sky, stop tanks cold, that sort of thing. Now you can build and own one privately.

Nineteen-Sixty wha?!

We have an approximate age for tripwire45!

Approximate age: old.

...which is a GOOD thing!

Oh for cryin' out loud. I could be *any* age and still have that information. Hasn't anyone ever heard of DVD? Being a fan of a TV show is no longer and effect of age since almost all TV shows are now accessible.

Correction: old AND crabby!

Old and very crabby!

So how old are you then tripwire? Just to stop the rumours

Some people's kids...

In the 1920s they thought radium was safe, till peoples teeth fell out, they got cancer and died....
There is still no definitive answer about the safety of humans being exposed to the radiation caused by mobile phones and wireless networks. Advancement of technology, human knowledge and understanding is a must for the survival of the species, but that research and advancement must come with extensive testing for potential issues negative to our health, so far that testing has only come after new technologies have been released to the public.

...and grandkids.

Only took MIT and Intel 100 years to catch up with Tesla. Wow, that's impressive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_tower

But he was a heathen that believed in little green men from Mars, so it figures...

It's not discovery or technology that determines the practicality of an invention, it's the marketability and profitability of the thing.

Great link, Crito. Thanks.