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Source? I could use a laugh right now
by bauerd 9y ago
Source? I could use a laugh right now
- kgwgk 9y agohttps://hn.algolia.com/?query=uBeam https://hn.algolia.com/?query=uBeam
- nimish 9y agouBeam ultrasonic charging is physically impossible
- phonon 9y ago...at a useful enough wattage to replace existing charging systems, while be small and convenient enough to attach to a cell phone. The actual technology works...just not well enough, and scaling it to be an order of magnitude more useful is probably physically impossible.
- Simon_says 9y agoI imagine he's talking about uBeam. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11852896 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11852896
- gh02t 9y agoHere's Dave Jones ripping into it pretty hard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8dqzVlhFkA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8dqzVlhFkA The talk by the uBeam CEO he links is also pretty infuriating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukgnU2aXM2c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukgnU2aXM2c Her core hypothesis that experts can often get stuck "inside the box" is certainly valid, but on the other hand "I sat down and solved complex engineering problems in a few minutes with pencil and paper" (almost an exact quote from the talk) is just plain dumb. Not to mention the not subtle implication that good engineers are all socially retarded...
- TeMPOraL 9y agouBeam - the longest running joke of Silicon Valley.