Friday, November 6, 2009

PowerMat - Not as Great


Yes its revolutionary, but it's another broken new media device. The PowerMat compared to the regular charger that comes with our phone could be seen two ways. It could be a step forward to charging devices, or it could be just as bad. Yea, a few kinks here and there, but we want something that will really click to everybosy, something that will fuel everyone else, something that will make us hungry. The Iphone did that, now Droid is catching up,then Pre, and telecommunication companies WANT to have it, to rise above other challengers. I know we really can't serve the needs of everybody, but we have to fix it.

The PowerMat compared to the regular charger is flat. Its a mat that charges just about everything, NOT everything. It gets rid of all the tangling wires, overloading your wall plug, and getting a 50/50 chance of your phone being fully charged or ending up with a dead phone the next morning. It charges other devices too, so its universal. We could finally get rid of the wires that ends up being trashed after a year or two.Yay, for environementally friendly, hmm maybe.

Although it has decent pros, the cons we're faced with need to be addressed. The electronics that we have at home emit harmful EMF waves. Many people see this as an issue and some people are sensitive to EMF waves. What if the PowerMat can convert EMF waves to usable non - harmful waves to charge our devices. It could scan a limited area, like one's house, maybe 2100sq ft of searchable area to find a device thats low on battery and needs to be recharged. The EMF waves floating around the house could then be useful. This way if we want to use our devices while they're charging, we're free to roam around the house and do whatever with it, instead of waiting for it to charge on a flat mat where I can't do anything.

I myself, use my phone at night, I fall asleep with it, thats why I prefer my regular charger. Although the wire isn't that long, I'm still able to talk on the phone while it's charging.

This kind of technology isn't just limited to our house, we can expand to this to our outer environment, just imagine how mush EMF waves are floating around busy city streets. We can then install EMF wave converter in cities and everyone's devices would be charged.

1 comment:

  1. I'd read about this a few days ago on Engadget and felt it was the worst idea... ever! The problem with EMF lies in the fact that it is incredibly inefficient. Thus you need the two coils (one in each device) relatively close together - at the moment I think the best anyone has done is like 6 feet - hence why it is stuck to the mat. Also, EMF produces heat... which could be well... really bad.Regardless, not to be a fear monger or anything, but in one of my classes we discussed the safety of electromagnetic radiation from cellphones... the "safe" zone somehow falls in the middle of a very unsafe bandwidth... it makes no sense... which is pretty scary when you think about it.

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