Charge your laptops & cellphones without Wires
Posted by zee on August 28th, 2008 Comment »Are you irritated with the tangling wires making you tumble while charging a device or with simplifying a wire coiled in the most pathetic way. Well here is solution which removes all worries relating to coiled wires and power sockets.

Intel introduced a wireless charging application which charges batteries for all electronic devices from a distance. The basic technology employed by Intel this device named WREL,( a wireless resonant energy link) is electromagnetic induction. With the help of this technology the user can charge his device at a distance of meters even when there is an obstruction present. This obstruction could be a wall , a wooden appliance or any other electronic device.
WREL promises to deliver wireless power safely and efficiently. The technology relies on strongly coupled resonators. Intel says that with this technology enabled in a laptop, for example, batteries could be recharged when the laptop gets within several feet of the transmit resonator. Many engineering challenges remain, but the company’s researchers hope to find a way to cut the last cord in mobile devices and someday enable wireless power in Intel-based platforms.
The constituents of this magnetic system include a reception socket which is installed at any wall. Along with the socket there is a resonator which works on the magnetic technology.According to Telecom web , the efficiency rate of the system is seventy percent. This means that the device generates 75 percent output from the cent percent input given. It is also listed that WREL can power a light device like a bulb from a distance of meters.

Now let’s glance at the technical functioning of the system. The device works on the basis of two resonators, one which generates magnetic signals and the other which receive them and charges the related device as a result. An example in this connection can be a laptop. Intel researcher told the BBC, “The next stage we are thinking about is to recharge devices like laptops and cell phones wirelessly, so we are shrinking the size of the coils down to the size of laptops. The coils would be embedded in a monitor or a picture frame or desk.” But also admitted the technology is at least five years away, if not more, of becoming a reality.


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