Whoa. “This little box has, inside it, some kind of circuitry that harvests WiFi energy out of the air and converts it into electricity. This has been done before, but the Airnergy is able to harvest electricity with a high enough efficiency to make it practically useful: on the CES floor, they were able to charge a BlackBerry from 30% to full in about 90 minutes, using nothing but ambient WiFi signals as a power source.” via benjaminpalmer : ianwestcott :OhGizmo

Whoa. “This little box has, inside it, some kind of circuitry that harvests WiFi energy out of the air and converts it into electricity. This has been done before, but the Airnergy is able to harvest electricity with a high enough efficiency to make it practically useful: on the CES floor, they were able to charge a BlackBerry from 30% to full in about 90 minutes, using nothing but ambient WiFi signals as a power source.”

via benjaminpalmer : ianwestcott :OhGizmo

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  6. indosapien reblogged this from sofapizza and added:
    i’m going to use 20 of these to charge my laptop.
  7. sofapizza reblogged this from weliveinthefuture and added:
    well that’s pretty effin cool. i wonder if all...also slightly mutating us very slowly. i...
  8. nuraini90 reblogged this from sergeantsarjeant and added:
    wifi hotspot, power harvester. cool
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    How useful would this be on college campuses?
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    holy Sh*t! tis could be epic, i need one, i dont have...just think of the power! this of...
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    into electricity now….whoa!
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    Future. benjaminpalmer...my laptop with WiFi. Someday I will power up my Funcooker™...
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    WiFi? Genius idea. I could see...couple years down the line, laptops/phones/ipods etc will...
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    fucking AMAZING. holy shit!
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    woooooooooooahhhh!