Wireless Electricity Technology

Wireless Electricity

TEAM E

Gwendolyn Haynes

Jessica Blood

Andrew Chardoulias

Shari Luke

Phillip Price

Devry University

Professor Melichar

Technology, Society, and Culture

HUMN432ON_E

Table of Contents

Scope of the Investigation (G. Haynes)………………………………………………..3

Introduction (A. Chardoulias) …………………………………………………… ...... 4

Improvements and Current Uses (S. Luke) ………………………………………..… 7

Technology Information and Culture (G. Haynes) ……………………………….…. 9

The Technology Side (A. Chardoulias) …………………………………………….. 13

Improvements and Cultural Uses (S. Luke) ………………………………………… 14

Political and legal Influence (P. Price) ……………………………………………… 16

Governmental Uses (P. Price) ………………………………………………………. 17

Economic Question and Considerations (J. Blood) …….…………………………….23

Implications for the Environment (A. Chardoulias) ……………………..…………… 26

Psychological Considerations and Sociological Effects (J. Blood) ……………..…….. 31

Media Influence (G. Haynes) …………………..……………………………….…….. 35

Moral and Ethical Implications (G. Haynes)…………………………………………… 37

Recommendations (G. Haynes) …………………………………………………………40

SCOPE: The breakthrough of wireless electricity technology. Wireless electricity has improved over the years from the telegraph machine to the concept of wireless homes, and appliances.

FINDINGS: Wireless electricity technology is not so far in the distant future. However, regardless of the current issues arising from wireless technology, the media still has a huge impact on this technology. There is a social as well as professional necessity for wireless electricity. Wireless electricity has the potential to have great or adverse effects on the world. However, with gaining this technology will some people lose their moral and ethical values?

Much of the research has looked into whether or not wireless electricity to cause individual, businesses and contractors to start switching from the traditional means of electricity to a more innovative means of powering our electrical appliances and devices. The investigation was sparked by my team; Jessica Blood, Andrew Chardoulias, Shari Luke, Phillip Price and myself Gwendolyn Haynes.

During the research for wireless electricity the above mentioned team suffered many challenges. While there is a vast amount of information on the wireless technology that is prominent in retail stories today, there is not as much information on the means of which wireless technology will be introduced to the world. Next, there is the challenge of repetitive information regarding wireless electricity. The internet and libraries are overflowing with information on wireless electricity. It just seems that every author is saying the same things and have the same findings and conclusions. Lastly, the biggest challenge is for each team member to have new, different and reliable information. It is with this that the team overcame all of the above mentioned obstacles and provided quality reliable research regarding wireless electricity.

For the resource Engineering Nature by Ray Scott the challenge was enabling the difference in the issues regarding wireless electricity and the media’s influence. Media & Technology and Society by Brian Watson challenge was the various debates within the book. Ashish Kumar, R. A. (2011, 11 11). Energy Policy. Retrieved 09 2012, 03, from The Market for Wireless Electricity: The Case of India: The challenge was it was only relevant to India. Tech Target Sites challenge the repetitive information with other sites. Farlex’s challenge was explaining the definition in common terms.

While driving down the road in the small town of Kalona, Iowa, a horse and carriage was spotted with a young man inside. The man was obviously Amish and lives in a culture void of electricity, something that the rest of the United States seems to take for granted if we are not given these simple reminders about how far we have come. It can be so easy to forget about the overwhelming amount of electricity in our everyday lives, but sometimes, one can catch a quick glimpse, and gain a simply reminder, about what life used to be like, and how electricity now has an overwhelming part in our everyday life.

Electricity was discovered in the 1700’s when Benjamin Franklin and his son flew a kite with a key attached to it in a thunderstorm and were struck by lightning. Since that day, the discovery of electricity and all that it can do has been ever evolving. From light bulbs to Television sets, there has been an ever-expanding array of electrical inventions, and today is no different. With everyone chasing the “next big thing” corporations such as Apple, and Microsoft, among others, are always thinking of ways to embellish their growing business. With new technology on the horizon, electricity is sure to be expanding once again.

Witricity, or Wireless Electricity, is sure to be the next big thing in today’s ever evolving electrical world. Electricity is currently enabled by the use of wires, and although nobody can argue how beneficial electricity has been in our lives, almost everyone can argue the nuisance associated with wires. Wireless Electricity would have the same outcome as “regular electricity” but would be void of any and all wires.

Development of Witricity

The term Witricity was said to have been thought of by David Gerding who is an Associate Professor at Columbia College of Chicago. A scientist in the early nineteenth century known as Nikola Tesla, experimented with energy transfer over long ranges. His experimentations came to a halt when he did not have enough funds to continue with the development of Witricity. Wireless Electricity was first thought of by Marin Soljacic one night when it dawned on him to create a system that charges electronics wirelessly through magnetically coupled resonance. Magnetically coupled resonance is using two resonant objects, which are objects that are amplified in sound, and coupling them, which means connecting both ends to create a power source, in order to induce a magnetic field strong enough for the power from both ends to transfer power efficiently. The first experiment was conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2006, by Peter Fisher, Robert Moffatt, Marin Soljacic, Andre Kurs, John Joannopolous, and Aristeidis Karalis. At first, this team of six men brainstormed on using electromagnetic radiation. However, this would prove to be inefficient since electromagnetic waves can be hazardous to human health and the electromagnetic waves can disburse causing the majority of power to be lost in the air. The team then decided to use two copper cables and a 60 Watt light bulb to transfer electricity over a distance of two meters which is a space of over 7 feet. One coil was attached to the 60 watt light bulb which is the “sender” or “transmitter” and transmits power to the second coil which is known as the receiver. This then creates a magnetic field that is not radioactive and creates a strong power field.  More recently Marin Soljacic was said to have figured out a way to use specially tuned waves. The most important element in making this wave technology feasible is making sure that both the device that needs recharging and the recharging apparatus to be on the same frequency of sound waves. An example of this would be when an Opera singer breaks a glass with their voice. This happens when both the singer and the glass resonate at the same frequency. The energy then transfers and the glass breaks.