5 sats \ 2 replies \ @thomaswolf 24 Aug 2023 \ on: What old school tech needs to have a big comeback? tech
Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower and plans to put them around the planet.
However, it would fry most modern electronics (new ones would have to be developed to utilize free AC energy), but this would create a whole new world.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undergotten 25 Aug 2023
That tower didn't transmit AC. It was wireless. Radio Shack used to sell those tiny radio kits you could build, that powered themselves from the actual radio waves. I think that's the same thing Tesla was doing, more or less. Didn't MIT students do the same thing with electromagnets, like 20 years ago?
Anyway, I don't see any reason why you would fry anything. Just like when power tools started using 18650 batteries. You can just pop an adapter on there and use the new batteries with the old tools.
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @thomaswolf 27 Aug 2023
Look into Lazar's explanation on what would happen if we fired Tesla's dream with current tech. Capacitors and such would go poof.
Actually, the engineer leading skinwalker ranch is deep into replicating the wireless AC, they did it on a smaller scale not long ago and learned some things about how the grounding worked.
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