[theBuckwheat]

I notice the first advantage listed is “green”, but in the scheme of things, the power savings will not even be rounding error on power usage. Moreover, not a single thought is given to the total life-cycle environmental burden of rendering devices obsolete and constructing the replacement.

No matter what other reasons this advance is good, this particular bullet point is Typical Magical Thinking by those trapped in green prison.

[Second Amendment First]

I would not have used that particular term, however it should help reduce power consumption as those heat producing converters are eliminated. Those converters end up in the trash anyway as each device has its own particular requirements. A weight reduction for those who travel with numerous devices.

[Haiku Guy]

When my daughter was seven, she asked why we couldn’t put a windmill on top of the car and power the car with the electricity. That sort of thing is cute when you’re seven.

[PA Engineer]

No matter what other reasons this advance is good, this particular bullet point is Typical Magical Thinking by those trapped in green prison.

This is actually insane. To maintain 100 watts with distance, they will have to install much larger guage cable to overcome resistance losses. Tesla will be laughing in his grave when they electrocute the first elephant with this 100 watt wonder.

Imagine spilling your coffee in the Monday morning manager meeting. I can see the headline. A "green" accident electrocuted the entire project leader staff of Gaia ACME company.