Talk:Wireless power transfer

powering "space elevator climbers" nonsense
This reduces the credibility of this article. Space elevators are pure fantasy, and the chances of humanity finding a material that can support its own weight over more than 36000km, and achieving political ability to convince the world to let a structure be built that is able to go around the world more than twice, I'm sorry this is about as possible as teleportation or faster-than-light travel. Suggest removing this as a "possible" future application.

charging implanted insulin pumps
This is fantasy also. There has only been 1 implantable insulin pump, the Minimed 2007C. It used a Lithium Carbon Monofluoride battery which had a 7 year lifespan, after which the entire device needed to be surgically replaced. Only a very small number of people ever used this system, and probably nearly nobody does now, as external pumps and control systems are much superior, without requiring surgery for implantation, an outpatient procedure for refilling insulin every 90 days, and the other risks associated with an implanted device.

The battery was not recharged, and there was no device to inductively transfer power to it.

Minimed 2007C manual

Doesn't seem especially neutral
I see no mention of any problems with wireless power transfer, except in the titles of references. I also see no mention of alternatives, such as using solar panels and batteries to receive wireless power from the most powerful wireless transmitter in the solar system (the Sun :-). The article seems way too gung-ho; some down-to-earth comments about the challenges would greatly help. For example, an section which explicitly states why analog and digital wireless data transfer is so widespread, but wireless power is not would help. Sanpitch (talk) 22:08, 5 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your feedback! It really helps to improve the article.  Read the 3rd paragraph of the Overview section. Wireless (radio) communication is a lot easier than wireless power because a radio receiver only has to receive a tiny amount of the transmitted power to get the information (an FM radio can receive a station clearly with less than one picowatt, 10−12 watt, of the station's power absorbed by the antenna).  Receiving a significant percentage of the transmitted power is much harder because the radio waves spread out.  I agree that the article does not adequately explain this. --ChetvornoTALK 08:17, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Crystal radios
I'm not quite sure where this should go, but the crystal radio is an example of power transfer by radio. Although the power is tiny it can be enough to drive a pair of earphones. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 11:47, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Nikola Tesla
What happened to Nikola Tesla free electricity system 107.77.169.23 (talk) 04:18, 8 January 2022 (UTC)