Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThis smart lock never runs out of battery — because I shoot it with laserswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-linkThis smart lock never runs out of battery — because I shoot it with laserswww.theverge.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareanamethatisnt@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoLast time I read about this about 2/3 of the energy of the laser disappeared during the conversion to electricity. Has that improved?
minus-squareanamethatisnt@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months ago Mor says Wi-Charge’s wireless power transfer efficiency is about 15 percent compared to a direct wired connection. That’s not counting the energy used to power the transmitter’s Wi-Fi connection, status LEDs, and so forth.
Last time I read about this about 2/3 of the energy of the laser disappeared during the conversion to electricity. Has that improved?