Power from Wi-Fi

• Autores: Chris Baraniuk
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3024, 2015, pág. 18
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Work is under way to use the Wi-Fi signals to power the gadgets. In Seattle, six households have taken part in an experiment in which modified electrical devices were put in their homes along with a Wi-Fi router. Over 24 hours, the devices were powered solely by the router's signal, which also continued to provide wireless Internet access to the home. The energy of the radio waves the router sent out was converted into direct current voltage with, a component called a rectifier, much as solar panels convert light energy into electrical energy. That voltage was then boosted to a useful level by a DC-DC converter