A few days back, when I moved houses.. I had this discussion with Saurin..
I want to put up my 5.1 system in the new house, but the sheer tangle of wires that thing has turned into, is stopping me from doing it.. I was telling Saurin that its surprising that we still deal with a fundamental problem... wires and the mess they create..!!
The idea of cleaning the back of my computer desk or my TV/Home Theater unit disgusts me.. I ll never do it, unless I have to (one advantage of moving houses..!!).. How about getting rid of all those power cables.. I'd love that..!!
Imagine.. every house has one power outlet. There is a device in the market which needs to be plugged into that socket and then it transmits power to all the electrical devices in the house wirelessly.. We can have exactly the same model as wireless internet, admin can secure his power connection so that he's neighbours dont steal power..!! Each electrical device can communicate wirelessly with this device and let it know its power requirements etc...
Its fun to visualize something like this.. is this scientifically possible? Certainly passing electrons through air seems unlikely given the high resistance of air, but i faintly remember Electromagnetic Induction and induction current concepts from Physics II.. that can possibly be a way..
Out there, scientists are thinking about this problem.. something that I came across today:
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070423/full/070423-11.html
Not to bad for a start..!!! :)
Monday, April 30, 2007
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