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"Rectennas" help convert Wi-Fi into electricity

(www.technologynetworks.com)

posted by smallpond on Technology

5 comments

[–] NassTee 2 points (+2|-0)

That sounds like something that gets installed in a very uncomfortable place.

[–] yeti 0 points (+0|-0)

Edited

Mmmmm-hm. I'm running my refrigerator off my neighbor's wi-fi.

edit: with an antenna dangling from my butthole.

[–] doggone 0 points (+1|-1)

No mention on it's affect on the prostate.

[–] smallpond [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Wrapping ones prostate in these things might shield it... or there's always traditional tin foil.

[–] smallpond [OP] -1 points (+0|-1)

Some typos in the article:

We have come up with a new way to power the electronics systems of the future — by harvesting Wi-Fi energy in a way that’s easily integrated in large areas — to bring intelligence to every object around us.

I think they meant bringing "surveillance" rather than "intelligence".