Disney Develops Method for Wirelessly Powering an Entire Room

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While this idea seems incredibly low on the WAF (wife approval factor) due to the copper stripper pole and aluminum boundaries required, Disney may have given us a genuine look at what your typical room in the future may be capable of. Imagine being able to charge your smartphone or laptop just by carrying it into specific areas of your home—wired chargers could become a thing of the past.

Disney Research has achieved room-scale ubiquitous wireless power delivery. That is, Disney has created a prototype living room where 10 objects—a smartphone, a lamp, a fan, an RC car, and more—are powered wirelessly, no cables required. Unlike existing wireless power transfer solutions, which mostly require an object to be placed very close to a wireless charging pad, the objects in Disney's living room can receive power while freely roaming; you can walk into the room with a smartphone in your pocket and it will start charging.
 
"Disney finally nails free-roaming wireless power delivery"

Slow down guys, when you still have:

*Safety-wise, the Disney researchers warn of a couple of issues. First, to stay within the SAR limits, no humans can stand within 46 centimetres of the copper pole

*the room has to be purpose-built: the walls, ceiling, and floor, are all made of aluminium panels, and in the middle of the room there's a long copper pipe.

You might not be ready for 'we did it!' mentality guys haha

Honestly I like coils built into counter tops and desk more so, seems like less ugly construction.
 
dgingeri said:
"Develops" Yeah, right. They just copied work Tesla did nearly 100 years ago.
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At least someone's finally looking into the reality of it. I'm surprised it isn't Elon Musk.
And since when does Disney do this kind of research?
 
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We've done it guys! Wireless power.
 
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So now the quest is 'How do we disguise a stripper pole?'

I suggest stripper classes for wives.
 
Person 1. My phone is almost dead, just a sec while I step into my charging room.
Person 2. (Person on other end) - ok
Person 1. steps into room, call drops because of signal blocking walls and ceiling... click.. oh crap. Waits for phone to charge a bit and then leaves the room and calls Person 2 back.
Person 2. I told you that wouldn't work before you built that room.. but you insisted.
 
Darunion said:
"Disney finally nails free-roaming wireless power delivery"

Slow down guys, when you still have:

*Safety-wise, the Disney researchers warn of a couple of issues. First, to stay within the SAR limits, no humans can stand within 46 centimetres of the copper pole... .
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oh crap, the wife aint gonna like that
 
Wolf-R1 said:
At least someone's finally looking into the reality of it. I'm surprised it isn't Elon Musk.
And since when does Disney do this kind of research?
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Surprisingly, Disney does sometimes invest into new technologies. Back in the mid 90's I went to Disney Land and played one of their VR games, I think it was called Alladin's magic carpet ride. The fact that it was VR wasn't what impressed me. What impresed me was that the characters appeared to be hand animated, however, you could look at them accurately from any angle. I was so impressed with this, I tried to tell all my nerdy friends about it, but had a hard time explaining/convincing. It was years before I heard anyone use the term "cel-shading", which is exactly what it was. I think the first game recognized to use it was Jet Set Radio.
 
Might be gross when bugs start dropping dead that land on it.
 
BREAKING NEWS: Apple buys Disney...

Oh yeah, it could happen, and they'd have billions upon billions left over. :D
 
It's now time for the robot husband and wives.

Our sperm will not survive this onslaught.
 
I somewhat wonder how strong this magnetic field is and how much it risks doing things like wiping magnetic strips and messing with pacemakers.
 
cyclone3d said:
Person 1. My phone is almost dead, just a sec while I step into my charging room.
Person 2. (Person on other end) - ok
Person 1. steps into room, call drops because of signal blocking walls and ceiling... click.. oh crap. Waits for phone to charge a bit and then leaves the room and calls Person 2 back.
Person 2. I told you that wouldn't work before you built that room.. but you insisted.
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My first thought was that I bet it plays hell with reception.
 
Wolf-R1 said:
At least someone's finally looking into the reality of it. I'm surprised it isn't Elon Musk.
And since when does Disney do this kind of research?
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When it benefits them im guessing lol. Im sure the idea of being able to do rooms and rides where props arnt limited by cables is a HUGE draw to them. Think a star wars room with drone style tie fighters wizing around endlessly because they don't need to charge batteries.The things they could do when not limited by a cable would probably bring their attractions to a new level.
 
I can just start thinking of all the bad health issues becuase of this. Has it gotten to hard for people to plug in ?
 
What is the efficiency of this room? If I have to feed 1.21 gigawatts for it to kick out enough juice to power my tv computer phone ect I'd midis well just run a damn nuclear reactor under my basement.
 
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