schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoResearchers discover battery-free technology which harvests power from radio and Wi-Fi signals for low-powered deviceswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1237file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1237external-linkResearchers discover battery-free technology which harvests power from radio and Wi-Fi signals for low-powered deviceswww.tomshardware.comschizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoNo more than any random objects. Think of it like a solar panel. Yes, it blocks light from things behind it, but it doesn’t suck light from nearby.
minus-squareobject [Object]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoThat’s interesting! I thought that if you for example have a 50w RF transmitter, taking 40w from it would make it act as a 10w one for the other devices around it. Thx for the explanation :3
minus-squareChronographs@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-25 months agoIt you could build a 40w antenna sure, but it’d basically have to be a dome surrounding the transmitting one at that point.
No more than any random objects.
Think of it like a solar panel. Yes, it blocks light from things behind it, but it doesn’t suck light from nearby.
That’s interesting! I thought that if you for example have a 50w RF transmitter, taking 40w from it would make it act as a 10w one for the other devices around it.
Thx for the explanation :3
It you could build a 40w antenna sure, but it’d basically have to be a dome surrounding the transmitting one at that point.
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