Wireless Power Transmission

I am obviously fascinated by this project, but it does raise some interesting questions. For instance: we know that some high-voltage power transmission lines do generate very powerful magnetic fields which have been shown to cause health problems in some kids that play underneath them frequently (there is some debate about this, but it would make sense from a fundamental physics standpoint). Given that these charging mats or whatever will obviously be a much lower voltage and power, are we still delving into a situation where we will be putting ourselves and progeny in danger from these transmissions? Many health problems are due to a buildup over a long period of time by very small, sometimes immeasurably small, factors.

 

That said, along with every other idiot gearhead, will be trying this out as soon as it becomes commercially available. But when I build my own house, rest assured that much of the construction will be to accommodate modular/upgradeable wiring conduits, without the dependence on wireless for everything. Sometimes it just makes more sense to have solid infrastructure…