demo video by Wipower And what's really new about the technology? Nothing. All systems of wireless power transmission are based on induction. A well known principle that has long been used in households, like in electric toothbrushes or induction hobs.
Right in time for the upcoming CES 2009 in Las Vegas the issue of Wireless Energy appears again, which means the wireless transmission of electricity. Promising, especially for all types of mobile devices, but is this technology really applicable?
From time to time you can read about breakthroughs in Wireless Energy research. Last year at this time in some blogs was speculated, that Apple is going to bring a Wireless Energy docking station for the new MacBook Air on the market. So it is, however, never.
I think, that new sources of energy (see report on innovative energy sources) in mobile devices will have far greater potential than the wireless transmission of electricity.
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Wireless energy
The future of lighting is organic
LEDs are now considered as pioneering technology on the market in the field of lighting. Now the revolutionary development of OLED (organic light emitting diods) could succeed the LED technology.
We reported on OLEDs in connection with future display technologies in October last year. With the possibility putting single-coloured OLEDs on large carrier materials in any form, the application as a novel light source gets very interesting. The list of companies in connection with OLED lighting research and development gets longer day by day. Companies such as Philips Lighting, OSRAM, BASF, Merck and Applied Materials are closely involved in research for the OLED technology.
Transparent OLED lighting panel
In December 2007 OSRAM introduced a transparent OLED prototype. New applications with light and interior design got imaginable. At daytime the transparent panel lets the day's light through, while at nightfall the panel itself starts shining.
transparent OLED panel by OSRAM (source)
By 2013 experts reckon with a more than 100% increase in energy efficiency and lifetime of OLEDs compared to 2007, while halving the manufacturing price. Japanese market research institutes expect by 2015 an increase in the market share of OLEDs to 25% of the total lighting market.
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