Too bad I can’t buy it – it’s a private company. Powercast makes the old dream of wireless power true.
This is going to be huge. The company has agreements with 100 or so OEM partners, and the first one bringing products to the market is Electronics giant Philips.
Powercast owns the patents on their technology, it’s approved by the FCC – perhaps too good to be true? Ben thinks it’s an April Fools’ joke come early. Well, if it is, it started early, having won a CNET award at CES 2007. Watch the CNET video here.
My bet is on Powercast. Too bad I can’t invest in it.. one day this will be Powerstock. 
Think about this… The science is wrong.. By this definition then if I recieve a radio station then I am absorbing a % of that station.. so the number of listeners would be limited. This does not appear to be the case..
If one thinks about this long enough the science here is neat. What are they converting and recieing if not induction in wires based on rf?
you have no idea of what they are saying. The science is not wrong.
go back to school.
Yes, I am salivating (ok, gross) but its true, at eh idea of Investing in Wireless Power, whoever perfects it. I only wish it were me!!! Ha!
I want some too if and when they float. In the meantime they are working with Philips to bring out a product at the end of 2007, so Philips stock might be worth a punt. Vic
i agree. this is going to be huge. but, this has been said. if you think about it, you cannot charge more than X devices at the same time because it has limited energy. like all demos and previews it only shows the best feature of the product.
Broadcasting power through the air isn’t a new idea. Researchers have experimented with capturing the radiation in radio frequency at high power but had difficulty capturing it at consumer-friendly low power.
Exactly. The point is, who gets to bring it to market first…
I checked their web site and looked for their patents. While they talk a good game the numbers don’t add up. It may “work” but the amount of power derived won’t charge a battery in a reasonable amount of time. In other words its only useful if you turn on your cell phone for an hour at a time every few weeks….
You should do your research before getting critical. Tesla experimented with this sort of thing 100 years ago. Not having surgery to recharge your pacemaker is a VERY BIG DEAL.
I have to agree that this is truly astonishing. Like others who have heard this, I’ve spent most of the morning since I watched the demo considering all the ways this might be used. And I do understand, as some have said here, that this is a product still in its infancy, but that’s what makes it so astounding. Of course it hasn’t been harnessed yet, or developed to the point where it can supply more power to bigger devices, but just imagine what will happen when it does reach that point. Consider what life would be like if we lived in a world without power lines or cords. My one question will show my technological ignorance, but what are the potential health/ safety risks with this new technology? It does strike me as odd that we are going to be putting electricity into the air. We’re only just beginning to discover the dangers cell phone use can have in terms of causing tumors; are there hidden risks to be found here as well?
notice on Powercast website picture of reconfigured sensor. They are using XL Pure Energy AAA rechargeable alkaline batteries in conjunction with their power harvestor.
This battery is ideal for Powercast.
-likes to be charged often (trickle charge is best)
-holds its charge for 7-9 years
web site http://www.pevi.ca
If this goes public it should affect Pure Energy Stock
noteof the Powercast website under products they reconfigured a sensor using 2 Pure Energy batteriesAAA together with their power harvestor.
Think of the applications
cordless phones
converters
thermostats
smoke detectors
MP3 players
game controllers
toys-toys-toys
I doubt Powercast will make their own chips. They’ll contract with an existing chip maker. Have they announced a partnership? If so, I’d invest in that company.
Here is a good site explaing how it works.
http://www.powercasttechnology.com
http://www.powercaststock.com
This makes no sense. If the receivers were strong enough to charge a batter I could have a room full of those powercast receivers and get more charge than the broadcaster puts out. Either the broadcaster has to put out so much power that it would seriously be illegal or the receivers receive almost no power. Snake oil this is. The only products out are those little lights and the little lights do not have the receiver chip connected to them, they have long antennas coming out of them, move them close to any source of radiation and they will light up as they do at many science fair projects.
Come on,zoli,you and me are not Buffect.We can’t make a living for puchasing stocks of a company.Even it has a good technology.And it would be out of time early and soon.