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11-01-2016 , 12:39 AM

#9051

BrianTheMick2

Long way to go and a short time to get there.

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Chez, you will be pleased to know that Las Vegas now has what is supposed to be a very good Szechuan restaurant.

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11-01-2016 , 12:50 AM

#9052

chezlaw

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Originally Posted by BrianTheMick2

Chez, you will be pleased to know that Las Vegas now has what is supposed to be a very good Szechuan restaurant.

You going to do a trip report?

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11-01-2016 , 01:04 AM

#9053

BrianTheMick2

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You going to do a trip report?

I will. My son arrives in less than a month and we will go there at least once.

That would rhyme if I had a very strong lisp.

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11-01-2016 , 04:29 AM

#9054

ToothSayer

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Originally Posted by Howard Beale

Somebody plz tell me how how 'wireless charging' works. I ask bec Apple's trying to do it w/ the next gen iPhone. I found this which I have no hope of understanding.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/...ing-technology

Very closely related to wireless charging is this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resona...ctive_coupling

For some reason I find this fascinating.

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11-01-2016 , 09:10 AM

#9055

PairTheBoard

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Why don't people wait until it is what it is to tell me what it is instead of telling me what it is when it isn't what it is yet?

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11-01-2016 , 09:38 AM

#9056

spanktehbadwookie

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Why don't people wait until it is what it is to tell me what it is instead of telling me what it is when it isn't what it is yet?

PairTheBoard

Might it explode? Usually wanna plan for that.

However the most important question of all time besides the rest is, what is it?

https://youtu.be/ZG_k5CSYKhg

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11-01-2016 , 11:36 AM

#9057

Howard Beale

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Originally Posted by chezlaw

You know how speakers produce sound waves but you can also use sound waves to do work (as in moving a microphone membrane). You can use that work to turn an engine that generates electricity and charges a battery.

So something like that but with non-sound waves and a bit more clever.

They don't want to have any ports/jacks/w/e they're called but it can't be that they are going to have electricity fly through the air like lightning so I'm guessing two metal plates, one on the phone and one on the charger. W/E it is plz to be buying the new iPhone bec I have stock in Apple, tia.

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11-01-2016 , 11:44 AM

#9058

chezlaw

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wifi is a bit like electricity flying through the air.

You must be thoroughly enjoying Samsung's innovations in the field of spontaneous combustion.

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11-01-2016 , 02:01 PM

#9059

Aaron W.

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Maybe think more like microwaves. If you put foil in the microwave, the energy gets transmitted to the electrons to cause them to jump around but there's no contact with anything and there's no electricity flying through the air between the magnetron tube and the foil. Except that it's a much more controlled situation... probably.

Edit: I know someone is going to pick up on this -- The difference is that there aren't actual energy packets flying around and hitting electrons to push them around. The electrons are pushed around by the oscillating magnetic field.

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11-01-2016 , 07:53 PM

#9060

PairTheBoard

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Like radio waves, if Wifi electromagnetic waves can move electrons in a receiver which gets translated and amplified for your listening pleasure, I guess they can move electrons which can be used to charge a battery. It's a big step up energy-wise though from a sensitive receiver to a battery charger. So the question is, how intense is this WiFi signal and does it pose a risk for people in the area? You wouldn't want to get inside a big microwave oven and turn it on.

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11-01-2016 , 07:59 PM

#9061

Aaron W.

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Resonance is a powerful thing.

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11-02-2016 , 02:12 PM

#9062

Howard Beale

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Cover story in this month's Sci Am is about entangled black holes. Article is behind a paywall but here's the beginning:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...antum-gravity/

Something, something, entangled black holes therefor something something wormholes and entanglement are the same thing. Or something. So, would I be far off in thinking that this famous physicist is working his way around to explaining entanglement by way of a wormhole connecting the particles and therefor no 'spooky action at a distance' since there wouldn't be any distance?

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11-02-2016 , 07:45 PM

#9063

Zeno

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Originally Posted by Howard Beale

They don't want to have any ports/jacks/w/e they're called but it can't be that they are going to have electricity fly through the air like lightning so I'm guessing two metal plates, one on the phone and one on the charger. W/E it is plz to be buying the new iPhone bec I have stock in Apple, tia.

Ditto. I love Apple. Start throwing those dollars my way.

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11-03-2016 , 01:30 AM

#9064

Zeno

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The cubs win the world series in extra innings in game seven. I was the only one that saw it coming around here.

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11-03-2016 , 12:50 PM

#9065

PairTheBoard

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Resonance is a powerful thing.

I've never studied resonance but reading a little about it in Wiki it does sound pretty amazing. But it's not powerful enough to repeal the law of conservation of energy nor the inverse square law for distance from the source of EM radiation. So the question remains, how intense does the WiFi signal have to be to carry enough energy to charge the battery at a distance? And does that intensity pose any risk to people in the area?

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11-03-2016 , 03:44 PM

#9066

Aaron W.

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So the question remains, how intense does the WiFi signal have to be to carry enough energy to charge the battery at a distance?

Think of it like a magnet shaking back and forth. Are you afraid of magnets being shaken at you?

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And does that intensity pose any risk to people in the area?

Maybe if you wear a pacemaker and you lean on the charger, you might scratch yourself on the charger. Maybe. Magnetic fields just aren't that scary.

http://www.androidcentral.com/wirele...-plain-english

Edit: I just want to make this as a side comment -- It's not a "Wifi signal." That's something completely different.

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11-03-2016 , 11:47 PM

#9067

PairTheBoard

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Originally Posted by Aaron W.

Think of it like a magnet shaking back and forth. Are you afraid of magnets being shaken at you?

Maybe if you wear a pacemaker and you lean on the charger, you might scratch yourself on the charger. Maybe. Magnetic fields just aren't that scary.

http://www.androidcentral.com/wirele...-plain-english

Edit: I just want to make this as a side comment -- It's not a "Wifi signal." That's something completely different.

Thanks for that article. So it's really just two electrical coils close together with the oscillating magnetic field from one inducing a current in the other. High school physics. It's wireless but the phone has to be in the charging cradle. Why call it WiFi then? That seems misleading. I had the image of the phone being charged anytime you're walking around with it in an area that's got WiFi.

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11-04-2016 , 12:41 AM

#9068

Aaron W.

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Why call it WiFi then? That seems misleading.

Who calls it WiFi?

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11-04-2016 , 10:57 AM

#9069

plaaynde

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It's a trademark.

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11-04-2016 , 12:00 PM

#9070

PairTheBoard

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Originally Posted by chezlaw

wifi is a bit like electricity flying through the air.

You must be thoroughly enjoying Samsung's innovations in the field of spontaneous combustion.

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Originally Posted by Aaron W.

Who calls it WiFi?

As often happens, chezlaw confused me.

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11-04-2016 , 01:08 PM

#9071

Zeno

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Originally Posted by PairTheBoard

As often happens, chezlaw confused me.

PairTheBoard

That's because he is often confused himself. Sometimes his drinking clears his confusion up; other times, no so.

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11-04-2016 , 04:53 PM

#9072

spanktehbadwookie

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I saw this amp under 50 bucks that turns any wired speakers into a wireless Bluetooth set. My old stereo set is going to have new life for Christmas. Just stream Netflix into my eyes already.