Stealing Electricity

Witricity was actually first observed in the 50′s but among its many problems was the unsafe factor. Having electricity carried through electro magnetic waves could be cause for nervousness or even cancer. Another major objection would be the theft of electricity through the wireless waves.

If you thought theft of broadband internet through wireless network cards was a problem you could easily surmise that theft of electricity would be an even major concern. Considering the fact that people pay a lot more per month on electricity you would assume there would be people stealing it via witricity wireless devices.

We will have to wait and see what may happen. For right now we can only guess as to what the risks might be.

Wireless Electricity

Wireless Electricity is an up and coming new technology that has it’s premise in making electricity power convenient to the everyday user. No longer would you need electricity wires strung out all over the ground or someone to come into your house and bore holes through your firewall in the house walls. That can actually be quite hard if you have a well built house.

Instead of rewiring a house you could simply install a copper coil inside the middle of each room ceiling. With a 9 foot diameter reach you can have electricity signaled out through a safe electroc magenetic field. This field can safely deliver and trasmit the needed electricity to an air conditioner, TV, microwave, refridgerator, cell phone, laptop and many other electronic devices.

Vroom

A company by the name of Versive LLC – The Makers of Vroom® had first coined the term “Witricity” back in 2005 when they invented a different type of technology not at all related to MIT’s invention.  The company seems to be welcoming of MIT using the coined term but they would still like credit for originally coining the name. Sounds pretty fair to me. I’m glad they are not trying to sue and so on. Because of their generous spirit I think people should go to their website and give them a little business for their generosity.

How WiTricity works

This is the new way of transmitting power to devices in a room as far a way as 9 feet. Picture it as a wireless way of transmitting electricity to say a laptop, cell phone and even the ceiling light. No wires needed but your devices receive power. It sounds a little crazy I know but this is what has been invented and tested by some MIT students and scientist, Dr Soljacic.

How WiTricity works

This invention consists of a copper coil placed on the ceiling or in the ceiling that produces a weak electro magnetic field. Only devices created to react with this field will soak up the energy. By placing a coil in each room in a house you could potentially power the whole house using this wireless or WiTricity device.

WiTricity Potential and Risks

I personally see this having some serious potential and estimate that Wal*Mart, Lowes and Home Depot will soon have WiTricity appliances in the very near future as this would be so easy to apply in many different applications for home and business. A question that pops into my head is, will this possibly cause Luekemia or some kind of cancer. That fear is always raised about those living near large power transformers and lines. The fear has never been scientifically justified as being true but if this wireless power were in every room in every house in the United States it would be a matter of time before we would possibly know because the numbers of Leukemia patients would probably drastically go up if it were a legitimate fear.