Hey all, i have a question that can WiFi signals be converted to energy (DC power)? If yes then how?

 

http://phys.org/news182595455.html

 

wi fi is low power, and also obeys the square law for power over distance. no useable power there.

 

wi fi is low power, and also obeys the square law for power over distance. no useable power there.

So I can't power my home by stealing my neighbors Wi-FI..
Darn.. Guess I'll go back to trying to figure out how to use this "Google" thing everyone talks about.

 

Hey all, i have a question that can WiFi signals be converted to energy (DC power)? If yes then how?

If you'd tried it 100 years ago when there was a 400kW spark transmitter up every other street, you might have got away with it.

 

Is there some reason that you feel the need to shout? I find it rude and offensive.

 

Chill!

 

Yes.
Not worth doing it.

 

Hey all, i have a question that can WiFi signals be converted to energy (DC power)? If yes then how?

NO.

 

There's a list of ineffective cancer treatments, and the list of fictional alternative energy, harvesting or self-supporting machine kinds is almost as long.

 

Here's how the scam works:

The "scientist" presents a lot of gear, including complicate spinning devices and measuring instruments and perferably, some kind of capacitors.

Then he's contacted by someone who has funds, and hopes to make more money.

He will claim he's very close to a breakthrough, the device actually works just cant be mass fabricated now. Some kind of investment is needed. The complicated machines are mainly presented in order to confuse, it may work well on someone who doesnt understand technology.

At a later stage, eventually some batches of fake devices are actually produced (such as clamp on magnets for fuel pipes).

there might be large magnets and hidden induction coils under the table (thats how these motors spin for hours from a tiny capacitor).

Its similar, but its certainly not WIFI.

 

There's a list of ineffective cancer treatments, and the list of fictional alternative energy, harvesting or self-supporting machine kinds is almost as long.

A few years back, one supermarket chain floated the ide of tiling their car parks with piezo elements to harvest energy from the traffic flow.

AFAIK, the idea sank without trace.

 

At a later stage, eventually some batches of fake devices are actually produced (such as clamp on magnets for fuel pipes).

I remember those... I still find it hard to believe that lots of people fell for that...

 

http://phys.org/news182595455.html

That article is dated from five years ago... how come those devices have not become more popular?

 

That article is dated from five years ago... how come those devices have not become more popular?

One old favourite was an inline auxiliary spark gap in the HT lead.

Someone I knew in the 60s bought a set of (allegedly) aircraft spark plugs with 3 non-adjustable side electrodes - the misfire at cruising RPM was abominable!

 

Hey all, i have a question that can WiFi signals be converted to energy (DC power)? If yes then how?

Absolutely! WiFi signals are energy are they not? All transmitted signals are energy so all we need to do is receive them and convert them back to energy. When I was a kid during the late 50s I strung a 40 meter dipole antenna from a maple tree in front of the house to a cherry tree in the backyard for my first ever short wave receiver. I noticed that if I bumped the antenna wire against ground (copper water pipe) I saw a small spark. Imagine that, at 9 years old I discovered free energy. I pointed my new discovery out to my dad who actually was an EE. He wasn't as excited or amazed as I was but did encourage me to have at my new discovery. His words do still on occasion echo in my head, "Ronald, you can't get something for nothing". I discovered I could not even light a tiny flashlight lamp with my new found source of power. LEDs were not invented yet so I settled for flashlight lamps.

Ron

 

Summary:
Can you: Yes.
Is it worth the effort: No.
What could you power with it: Very little, if anything.

 

Summary:
Can you: Yes.
Is it worth the effort: No.
What could you power with it: Very little, if anything.

Well... the signal certainly "powers up" the wi-fi antenna in the receiver... but other than that... it's a waste of time

 

Well... the signal certainly "powers up" the wi-fi antenna in the receiver... but other than that... it's a waste of time

If ants developed technology - they could probably run it off our radio waves.

 

If ants developed technology - they could probably run it off our radio waves.

now this conversation is diverting to nanotechnology...