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Yes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower I think the resulting resistivity and wasted electricity
by yareally 14y ago
Yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower
I think the resulting resistivity and wasted electricity would make it unfeasible for mass usage over distances even if it had been funded to completion.
I wish portable device OEMs would adopt inductive charging more though. No worrying about cables or broken ports.
- csense 14y agoIf you lost a $5 cable or broke your $1 charging port, the OEM is economically motivated to get you to shell out a three-digit figure for a new phone. Given this simple and obvious observation, the fact that phone manufacturers have mostly dropped proprietary charging interfaces in favor of USB seems like a minor miracle.
- yareally 14y agoYeah, very true. It's actually pretty easy to replace USB ports on many mobile devices. I read about users doing it all the time on Android forums and rather cheaply. Mostly depends on how easy the device is to open up and repair though.