Since was forced to abandon his project of free power to the world, electricity has become confined mainly to copper wires. Today however, the number of portable devices has grown to outsstanding proportions and the wide-spread need to eliminate wires as a power necessity has most definitely been realized in the eyes of the public.

Using electromagnetic induction a company named Splashpower created a way to do just that in 2006. The only problem was, the device and power supply needed to be very close to one another. Fueled by the frenzy, professors from MIT began work on the problem. Taking two copper coils and placing them apart, one was connected to a power source, the other to a lightbulb. When the power source was turned on, the electricity became attracter to the second coil and lit the bulb via a magnetic field!

Two meters is a decent start, not to mention a 45% power ttransfer, but if this great force is to pass the critics, then much work is to be done. Some say the new source may cause health problems as well. Though MIT stands its ground touting that magnetic fields have very little effect on the human body.

A power of this sort; one which can be transmitted throughout the world could be both a magnificient and dangerous thing. Perhaps with proper care and new developments, wireless power will actually be ready within the next year or two. Though the entire world-changing event could just as easily be swept away with mere words, much the way it was from Tesla. “If the power is free to everyone, then where can I put the meter?!” ~J.P. Morgan

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