Sembra che un gruppo di fisici dell’MIT abbia scoperto un nuovo modo per inviare energia elettrica senza fili a device mobili come portatili e cellulari.
Quello che mi ha colpito di questo articolo è la storia di Nikola Tesla.
I’ve been interested in wireless power ever since I first read the biography of Nikola Tesla in the early 1990’s. Tesla was perhaps the most important inventor of the 20th century — he singlehandedly invented much of what enables the modern electrical power grid today. He also pioneered radio, and many other technologies. But his greatest dream was wireless power. He believed he had discovered a way to beam electricity to any point on earth and embarked on several ambitious projects to test and commercialize his appraoch. But sadly his projects were never completed due to funding problems and interference by competitors and investors who had conflicting business interests. By the end of his life Tesla was a lonely and forgotten man, feeding pidgeons in the park. At his death, many of his lab notebooks were confiscated and classified as Top Secret by the US military — never to be seen again — (and at least some this confiscated information was later used as the foundation for the Star Wars particle beam weaponry program). The greatest electrical genius in history was just too far ahead of his own time.
Tesla’s work has still not been fully understood or replicated today. But what remains unclassified is a treasure trove of invetnion of great relevance to the world we live in today.
Source: New Wireless Power Technology — No More Wires!
Originally published on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:32:12 GMT by noemail@noemail.org (Nova)