Quantum energy transportation
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They would need to control the amount given and received, along with any radiation from the energy. So the phone has enough energy, but emits enough radiation from the transfer to effect people and equipment around it. The wireless charging systems that are available like Ossia are actually breaking the law because the amount being sent out is considered too much radiation. I'm using radiation as a generic term here, because there are a lot of waves that can cause damage to people.
For a pinball table it's not the power being given, it's the constant amount so when a button is pressed, it reacts to the ball quickly. If that amount was transmitted via WiFi, it would fry anyone who played the game for very long. High score and loss of muscles at the same time.
Ossia has not released a single product that I know of because of these regulations. It makes me wonder what their investors are actually using them for.
It's an awesome thing, but getting the basic set up will take 2-3 years to safely be done.
Interesting, I hadn't really been following that tech line. I'm not exactly big on regulations, but I can easily understand it here.
Just a few years is faster than I'd hope for, personally.
Tech moves in lurches. Once something actually works, and tech guys get it you see it move fast. Sort of like AI in the last few years. We could get it to make crappy images for years, and then suddenly Midjourney has destroyed an entire market and Chat AI can write thesis papers.