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    Powermat Charger Has No F&^*$%@ Wires

    Hands-on With Fulton Innovation's eCoupled System: Charges Gadgets with No Wires Necessary
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    Image of BlueBeard BlueBeard
    10/08/09

    In reply to Powermat Charger Has No F&^*$%@ Wires
    It's f*cking quantum mechanics!

    Best line ever!
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    10/07/09

    In reply to Powermat Charger Has No F&^*$%@ Wires
    Side effects: excessive use of profanity
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    10/07/09

    In reply to Powermat Charger Has No F&^*$%@ Wires
    Induction charging is terribly inefficient. Does it really make all that much sense, given the state of our economy and of global climate change?
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/07/09

    @Lukasz Fabis: Ironically, there's a wire between the wireless charger and the goddamn wall.

    This is amazingly useless. I mean... really, astonishingly useless.
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    Image of Kelly Adams Kelly Adams
    10/08/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: I assume you aren't ignorant enough to assume that somehow wireless means magic. In other words... yeah, it has a wire to plug the pad in, and uses magnetic induction to transfer power to the device without a wire. It isn't running on fairy dust and unicorn sprinkles.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    10/08/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Of coarse there is a cord to the wall, it doesn't send electricity flying through the air Tesla style.

    "Amazingly useless"? Does it not charge your device? Call me crazy, but if it charges my phone how exactly is it "useless"? Overpriced for sure, but useless? nah
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/08/09

    @Kelly Adams: Are you HIGH? Are you DUMB? What's the purpose of this? Sure it's "wireless", but you have to put your phone in EXACTLY this spot and LEAVE IT THERE.

    IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME AS PLUGGING IT IN. BUT VASTLY MORE INEFFICIENT AND EXPENSIVE. THIS IS THE HEIGHT OF USELESS.

    And the fact is that it's hardly an aesthetic marvel, because in the end you STILL have a cord to hide!
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    10/07/09

    In reply to Powermat Charger Has No F&^*$%@ Wires
    They have these things at Best Buy.
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    Image of gemcosta gemcosta
    10/07/09

    In reply to Powermat Charger Has No F&^*$%@ Wires
    Not sure what the soccer moms are gonna say about that one.
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    Image of Shadowfury Shadowfury
    10/07/09

    @gemcosta: I'm surprised the FCC didn't block it already.
    Let's hope for something funny.
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    10/07/09


    @Shadowfury: There's a new radio commercial for Franks Hot Sauce in which the tagline is "I put that ::bleep:: on everything::!"
    [www.franksredhot.com]
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    10/07/09

    In reply to Powermat Charger Has No F&^*$%@ Wires
    I kind of like the iPod one where it docks with the device you place on the Powermat.
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    Image of uncdomination uncdomination
    10/07/09

    In reply to Powermat Charger Has No F&^*$%@ Wires
    Wow, hmm doubt that commercial is ever gonna get aired...
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    10/07/09

    @uncdomination: Saw it last night on Comedy Central. So - yeah, it is being aired as we speak.
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    10/07/09

    @uncdomination: They also air this commercial.
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    10/08/09

    @scoobydoo: ditto
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    01/08/09

    In reply to Hands-on With Fulton Innovation's eCoupled System: Charges Gadgets with No Wires Necessary
    This just proves that, despite the fashionable hype about protecting the environment and conserving energy, people are just greedy consumer-whores who want instant gratification and will waste as much energy as necessary to get it.


    Induction charging has been around for many years now, but it is inherently wasteful, as the increased amount of power required to creative the induction field means there will be power loss. No amount of materials science will improve that, it's simply a matter of electrical science. The benefit of induction charging has typically been for devices that, for safety reasons, can not have exposed contacts, such as underwater devices, or devices that must be sealed in environments with potentially fammable gasses, etc.


    To wilfully and wantonly waste power this way, to no apparent gain, is just incredibly vain and ignorant. I'm apalled that Gizmodo would even report on such a device without looking deeper into the global impact of the device.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/08/09

    @BeautifulAgony: We humans will waste power on all sorts of things. People will cram their homes with lots of power-hungry appliances, and Giz will likely report on a great deal of their kinds, and this warrants a complaint? Sweet fancy Jesus (the 2,000 year old dude, not the Gizmodo dude, though he might be fancy, I don't know).
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    Image of MadCrazy MadCrazy
    01/08/09

    In reply to Hands-on With Fulton Innovation's eCoupled System: Charges Gadgets with No Wires Necessary
    Any Possible Health Risks?
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    Image of darknecross darknecross
    01/08/09

    @MadCrazy:

    If you mean electrocution, there's no risk of that.

    The same tech is already being used with electric toothbrushes and shavers.
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    Image of geowrian geowrian
    01/08/09

    @darknecross: I think he/she meant something along the lines of damage caused by the wireless electronic signals. For example, the RF signals sent from cell phones are possibly dangerous and may lead to an increased risk of cancer.
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    01/08/09

    @geowrian: You breathe in a corrosive gas everyday, and you're worried about a little RF?
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    01/08/09

    @MadCrazy: Exposure has been known to cause gigantism and occasionally skin failure.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    01/08/09

    @homerjay wants Boston Legal back!: And cut those damn sideburns!
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