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> The actual engineers working on the project (including the one in this "spat") at some point realize the actual limitations of what is possible physics wise
by danmaz74 10y ago
> The actual engineers working on the project (including the one in this "spat") at some point realize the actual limitations of what is possible physics wise
From reading the blog of their former VP of engineering [0] I got the impression that the actual engineers were aware from the start of the limitations of what was physically possible. Instead, said engineer seems to have only realized with time something else: that the founder and CEO was perfectly at ease with making unrealistic promises to raise truckloads of funding at valuations that were impossible to justify with the performances he (and the other engineers) knew were physically possible.
[0] http://liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com/ http://liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com/
- tluyben2 10y agoWhen the company came out in public, there were enough physics people who said that anyone with knowledge of physics can discredit this on the back of a beermat. And a lot of them did (search Ubeam hoax etc). The due diligence on the part of the investors is shocking as they were clearly told (as was advertised everywhere when they got their millions) that this would charge your phone at quite a distance (you sitting/walking in a room and having your phone charging while doing that).