Comments on: Power over WiFi: 'Physics is Physics' or 'Dare to Dream'?

By: jMac

jMac — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:13:29 +0000

Thanks for your commitment to my fan club James (which is undoubtedly a lonely experience!).

My point isn't about whether the product is genuine, but instead against the people who state that something is impossible, FOREVER.

Just as people said the aircraft couldn't possibly work because the 'laws of physics' said that something heavier than air couldn't fly, my concern is that we are framing ALL future potential through today's lens.

Thats all really - I couldn't care less whether the RCA development is real or fake - but I really do care that people accept aspects like the Chaos Theory and pretty much every other development that proves that random outcomes can come from something that is predictable as clockwork....

By: jMac

jMac — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:13:00 +0000

Thanks for your commitment to my fan club James (which is undoubtedly a lonely experience!).My point isn't about whether the product is genuine, but instead against the people who state that something is impossible, FOREVER.Just as people said the aircraft couldn't possibly work because the 'laws of physics' said that something heavier than air couldn't fly, my concern is that we are framing ALL future potential through today's lens.Thats all really – I couldn't care less whether the RCA development is real or fake – but I really do care that people accept aspects like the Chaos Theory and pretty much every other development that proves that random outcomes can come from something that is predictable as clockwork….

By: jMac

jMac — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:13:00 +0000

Thanks for your commitment to my fan club James (which is undoubtedly a lonely experience!).

My point isn’t about whether the product is genuine, but instead against the people who state that something is impossible, FOREVER.

Just as people said the aircraft couldn’t possibly work because the ‘laws of physics’ said that something heavier than air couldn’t fly, my concern is that we are framing ALL future potential through today’s lens.

Thats all really – I couldn’t care less whether the RCA development is real or fake – but I really do care that people accept aspects like the Chaos Theory and pretty much every other development that proves that random outcomes can come from something that is predictable as clockwork….

By: Kirk "Grumpy" Bateman

Kirk "Grumpy" Bateman — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:24:28 +0000

If I remember rightly, part of the point of the Nokia article was the mention that they were NOT using specifically WIFI signals, but generically radio signals (thus increasing the possibility a tiny bit). However, still not going to be getting all that much from it .. from what I see. I don't realistically ever see this as a general means of charging a device, however even if it can provide a tiny amount of power that would be better than nothing. In some ways I suppose you could look at it as recycling energy (so not wasting so much of it ??) Just a thought.

By: Kirk "Grumpy" Batema

Kirk "Grumpy" Batema — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:24:00 +0000

By: Kirk "Grumpy" Bateman

Kirk "Grumpy" Bateman — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:24:00 +0000

If I remember rightly, part of the point of the Nokia article was the mention that they were NOT using specifically WIFI signals, but generically radio signals (thus increasing the possibility a tiny bit). However, still not going to be getting all that much from it .. from what I see. I don’t realistically ever see this as a general means of charging a device, however even if it can provide a tiny amount of power that would be better than nothing. In some ways I suppose you could look at it as recycling energy (so not wasting so much of it ??) Just a thought.

By: NeilHoskins

NeilHoskins — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:05:29 +0000

First reaction is to check the date. Not April 1, apparently. Did you ever see, RFC3251, “Electricity over IP”, issued April 1, 2002?

By: NeilHoskins

NeilHoskins — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:05:00 +0000

First reaction is to check the date. Not April 1, apparently. Did you ever see, RFC3251, “Electricity over IP”, issued April 1, 2002?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:05:00 +0000

First reaction is to check the date. Not April 1, apparently. Did you ever see, RFC3251, “Electricity over IP”, issued April 1, 2002?

By: lwsdm

lwsdm — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:52:58 +0000

So the guardian reported last year that Nokia are working on something like this already.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/...
But as you can see from the comments at the end of the article and on the last post here they are fighting an uphill battle against the laws of physics. What Johnathan is not really appreciating is that the laws of physics do tell you it's possible but as Terrence points out it's just not practical, at least using the WiFi source as alleged.