Posted on 03/06/2019 12:53:49 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts
Could Samsung be on the cusp of a fully wireless TV? A recent patent hints that a Samsung TV without any pesky cables could be around the corner.
Spotted by LetsGoDigital, the patent was filed in March 2018 but only released publicly in late February of this year.
The patent revolves around a wireless power transceiver, which would make the prospective television the first of its kind to transmit power across the room rather than relying on a power cable - increasingly seen as an eyesore next to Samsung's premium design sets.
The transceiver takes the form of a magnetic bar attached to the rear of the television, given that panels themselves are too thin to house anything of this kind. It would then require a separate power transmitter (plugged into the mains) to keep the TV running.
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Plus. who would want a high power electromagnetic field in their living room?
"Samsung Support. May I help you?"
"Yes...your new TV is great but um...I think it fried my PC, my stereo, my refrigerator and my coffee pot."
“Er, my wife isn’t getting pregnant. Might it be your TV wireless power system?”
Click
Is this just a beefed up inductive coil?
Wouldn’t necessarily be harmful to humans, but might not play well with other wirelessly-charging devices. (iphone 8 and higher, for example...)
I heard about this concept a decade ago. They said that the way this sort of power transfer works is through sympathetic waves and harmonics. Kinda like how if you play a G on a guitar, the G string on other guitars in the room will vibrate. But the challenge is that past something like 50 feet, the electricity will be absorbed by “anything. Meaning if you were to give it a 50+ foot transmission range, a person standing next to the electricity broadcasting point would feel no ill effects, but if they walked away, at the 50 foot mark they would be electrocuted. So this sort of thing has to have a very short range, like the charging pads used by phones.
Are sympathetic waves and resonance the same thing?
Good catch!
Tesla had high frequency power transmitting throughout his lab. At night, at the door, there was a basket of light bulbs there. You grabbed one by the base, and you had a light.
In Colorado, he actually planted a field of light bulbs outside his lab and was able to light them up wirelessly.
The choice of 60 or 50 Hz for power was stupid (and likely self serving). Tesla was the father of so many things, from the transistor to the torpedo, AC power to flourescent fixtures.
Einstein was once asked, “How does it feel to be the smartest man on planet Earth?”
His reply, “I have no idea, ask Nicola Tesla.”
“Plus. who would want a high power electromagnetic field in their living room?”
Idiots would.
You could pop unpopped popcorn while sitting in your chair watching TV!
I’ll pass, until it’s thoroughly tested on rats, or prisoners, or Democrats. ;)
Would love to see the day when cable tv gets screwed.
still got the cable cords, tho.
if you cross the transmission path (microwave beam?), how do you avoid being zapped?
Velastat Hats
Chuckling because my father’s method of imposing a TV ban as punishment when we were kids was to remove the set’s power cord.
"Do you like ozone?"
It’s not microwave, it’s magnetic. There are already systems being tested by which electric vehicles can be recharged wirelessly by driving over induction coils embedded in the road surface. The Samsung TV operates on the same principle except that the power directly operates the TV rather than charging a battery.
There’s no indication of the Samsung operating frequency, but you might find that any ferrous metal object which gets between the sender and the receiver would vibrate and possibly be damaged or cause damage.
I assume you will have to use WIFI to get signals to the TV, so no cable connection would be required.
The patent is here:
....and I now have two heads and three penises. Could this have anything to do with your TV?
Ask this guy.
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