Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoThis smart lock never runs out of battery — because I shoot it with laserswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkThis smart lock never runs out of battery — because I shoot it with laserswww.theverge.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square7linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareanamethatisnt@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 days agoLast time I read about this about 2/3 of the energy of the laser disappeared during the conversion to electricity. Has that improved?
minus-squareanamethatisnt@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-26 days ago Mor says Wi-Charge’s wireless power transfer efficiency is about 15 percent compared to a direct wired connection. That’s not counting the energy used to power the transmitter’s Wi-Fi connection, status LEDs, and so forth.
Last time I read about this about 2/3 of the energy of the laser disappeared during the conversion to electricity. Has that improved?