Thursday, December 15, 2011

How is witricity going to charge for its service and keep it from being hacked?

I love the idea of wireless electricity, but I'm confused as to how they are going to charge for the service. Flat rate? Some other sort of reader? And what's to stop my neighbor from stealing my electricity?|||there is no such thing as wireless electricity, it is usually a magnetic field that gets converted back into electricity by the device the energy is being sent to, and the only way someone could steal it, would be if they were placing their items right next to the box that provides the energy, they are not strong enough to go for more than a few cm.





as for the cost, probably have it on a data/power rail, so they can constantly steal your money(this can be changed with tools) or they will just sell the main box, and you just plug it in|||Their website claims that the service would only be available from a few centimeters to several meters. Therefore, it would likely be a device inside your home that plugs into the wall and broadcasts electric power that is received by some sort of device. Without that device, it would not function. Therefore, you would be using your existing electricity to power the devices in your home wirelessly. I would also assume that they have some sort of encryption protocol in each device that will only connect to the "base" from the same system, thereby eliminating theft, or at least greatly reducing the opportunity.

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