Wireless Electricity For the Home Office
At first glance, the wireless extension cord (pictured above) may seem irrelevant, even if its traditional counterpart (wired) sometimes doubles as a trip wire. That’s because you’ve probably tucked away those messy wires on your desk, meaning there’s no more need for an extension cord in that area. But we freelancers are a creative bunch, so I’m sure you can come up with better uses than:
- Keeping your camera charged while you’re shooting a video nowhere near an outlet
- Using it as a remote power switch; pulling the plug on one end cuts power from the other
- Powering appliances in a room with no wall sockets
- Saving yourself from of the trouble of taping down long wires so that no one trips on them
The wireless extension cord works by line-of-sight and though it transmits power wirelessly, it apparently doesn’t interfere with wireless stuff like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. And it emits microwaves that “are about as harmful as the leakage from an ordinary microwave oven (not much).” Even so, I’m definitely not sticking my head in between both units.
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2 opinions for Wireless Electricity For the Home Office
Bill Adams
Feb 17, 2008 at 5:44 pm
My vision for the future is wireless electricity from the power station to the substations from the substations to the homes and businesses. It may sound farfetched but I think it is possible but we won’t see it in our time I don’t think.
Rico
Feb 17, 2008 at 9:13 pm
I don’t think it’s far-fetched. I mean, they probably thought that wireless phones were far-fetched. This could possibly make using laptops anywhere indefinitely.
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