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To preface: I find it extremely unlikely that this will ever see widespread consumer adoption if any at all. If it is indeed feasible to transmit power via ultr
by n0us 11y ago
To preface: I find it extremely unlikely that this will ever see widespread consumer adoption if any at all. If it is indeed feasible to transmit power via ultrasound, there are additional hurdles to overcome. It will likely be high cost and reliability is an issue, and there is the question of limited appeal or application space. Everything I have that needs power has an outlet or easily available place to charge. I'm suprised they were able to trick not just people like Cuban into investing but also Marissa Meyer?
I can however see some use cases for this tech but just not for your average consumer. I bet someone could invent a surgical instrument that needs power wirelessly or there could be some equivalently niche use case for this kind of tech.
- kkhire 11y agoThey are wealthy enough that the investment price means nothing to them if wasted, but if successful, this will affect technology on a fundamental scale
- n0us 11y agoTrue, I didn't really think about also the possibility of backward linkages and the ability of the company to be worth it's investment value in terms of research and patents that can be applied to other use cases.