The Phenomenon of Wireless Energy Transfer: Experiments and Philosophy

Abstract

There is a basic law in thermodynamics; the law of conservation of energy, which states that energy may neither be created nor destroyed just can be transformed. Nature is an expert using this physics fundamental law favouring life and evolution of species all around the planet, it can be said that we are accustomed to live under this law that we do not pay attention to its existence and how it influence our lives. Since the origin of the human kind, man has been using nature’s energy in his benefit. When the fire was discovered by man, the first thing he tried was to transfer it where found to his shelter. Later on, man learned to gather and transport fuels like mineral charcoal, vegetable charcoal, among others, which then would be transformed into heat or light. In fact, energy transportation became so important for developing communities that when the electrical energy was invented, the biggest and sophisticated energy network ever known by the human kind was quickly built, that is, the electrical grid. Such distribution grid pushed great advances in science oriented to optimize the efficiency on driving such energy. Nevertheless, is common to lose around 30% of energy due to several reasons. Nowadays, there are some daily life applications that could use an energy transport form without cables, some of them could be: