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“This No-Name Company Is Set to Expose the #1 ‘Deadly Flaw’ in Every Single Smartphone and Tablet on the Planet”

This article was originally published on May 19, and the ad we’re covering has been heavily promoted over the past month, leading up to a big final push before yesterday’s supposed catalyst date of June 13, when Blanco (or his ad copywriter) was certain that Apple would announce some big news about “this tiny company”. So far, it hasn’t gone well over the past 24 hours for that teased stock, which turned out to be Energous (WATT)… probably mostly because the ad was so heavily circulated that it set up wildly inappropriate expectations for a not-ready-for-prime-time technology.

The article below has not been updated since May 19, but I have added an extra P.S at the bottom to show what an overhyped catalyst that turns out to be an empty promise can do to a small cap stock.

You very likely already know the solution to this teaser ad — it comes in from Ray Blanco, and it’s an ad for Agora’s Microcap Millionaires. In case you get confused, that’s not the same as the Microcap Millionaires service at microcapmillionaires.com — Agora Financial’s offering is a “small cap” stock newsletter, microcapmillionaires.com looks like it’s a penny stock trading service from a one-guy operation. Agora Financial’s Microcap Millionaires is edited by Greg Guenthner these days, it’ll run you $5,000 a year if you choose to subscribe, and apparently Ray Blanco provides some of the technology research or analysis.

So what is it that they say is the “Deadly Flaw” in every smartphone, tablet, etc. that’s put out by Samsung, Apple and everyone else? And what’s the company who can “expose” (and presumably profit from) that deadly flaw?

Well, we’ll be a bit uncharacteristic and tell you part of the answer up front (I know, that’s not very sporting)… they’re saying that the “deadly flaw” is that all these portable devices use batteries, and the batteries don’t last long enough and have to be plugged in to be recharged.

Which means, of course, that the “No-Name Company” who can expose this deadly flaw and solve this problem for the world is a company that provides wireless charging… which, these days, is almost certain to mean that you’re hinting at Energous (WATT), the interesting, promotional, and very much pre-commercial wireless charging technology company.

That you could have guessed almost from the first moments of the ad… and you’ve probably seen several articles we’ve done before about Energous, because it’s been teased by a few different newsletter blokes over the past year or so. But let’s look at the promises in the ad, double check that we’re right about the company they’re teasing, and see if there really is anything to this 80,000% gain promise, or the “back-room deal” that’s going to hit the headlines on June 13 and send the stock soaring.

Ready? Here’s the first part of the ad, just so you can see how intensely they’re emoting about this pick:

“On June 13th, This No-Name Company Is Set to Expose the #1 “Deadly Flaw” in Every Single Smartphone and Tablet on the Planetโ€ฆ

“(And Tee This Bleeding-Edge Industry Up for a 79,900% Multi-Year Tear)….

“… one California whiz-kid cracked a 117 year-old technology riddle (and uncovered a crippling “defect” in Silicon Valleyโ€™s โ€œsmart deviceโ€ empireโ€ฆ)

“Unleashing a brand-new high-tech sector that has Goldman Sachs, Vanguard and Morgan Stanley betting millionsโ€ฆ Google and the U.S. Government scrambling to play catch-upโ€ฆand whispers of a shocking back-room deal thatโ€™s poised to hit the headlines in precisely 38 daysโ€ฆ

“Setting the stage for YOU to capture ‘ground floor’ gains in a sector projected to grow 3,170% over the next 8 monthsโ€ฆ 10,140% over the next 3 yearsโ€ฆ and nearly 80,000% in the long run.”

Notice how it’s the “sector” that’s expected to grow 3,170% over the next eight months… whatever that means, and that they aren’t technically promising that this company will go up 80,000% in the long run. Which is probably smart, and perhaps part of the reason why the ad made it past Agora’s lawyers. But certainly the implication is there — there’s a “shocking back-room deal” that is going to hit precisely on June 13, and it will make you filthy, stinkin’, Scrooge McDuck rich.

And yes, the ad is very much about wireless charging — but, as is the case with many newsletter pitches, they tee up an impressive sounding environment, with huge growth potential and a great many big-brained (and big walleted) participants, and then imply, ever so softly, that this “one little company” is the key to the whole thing.

Which often turns out to be hooey, of course. But let’s see what they say for this one…

“… when it comes to picking the right horse in the race for techโ€™s actual ‘Next Big Thing’, Iโ€™m going with the kind of technology that has:

“The brain trust at Google working overtime to incorporate it into their infamous ‘self-driving car’ skunk-works projectโ€ฆ

“A research team at Stanford University radically re-imagining โ€œnew ways to treat illness and alleviate painโ€โ€ฆ

“The bureaucrats at the United States Department of Energy investing millions of dollars in research, breathlessly declaring: ‘Just as Wi-Fi has freed consumers of wires when accessing the Internet, technology may soon be widespread.’

“And more to the point of todayโ€™s discussionโ€ฆ

“Thatโ€™s why Iโ€™m convinced that this tiny ‘Wireless Charging’ pioneer will see 32-fold growth over the next 8 monthsโ€ฆ”

OK, so Ray Blanco is really pitching 3,200% growth for this company by next Winter. That could still mean more than just “stock appreciation” — it could be “revenue growth” or something like that (sometimes companies can post absurd growth numbers when they first transition from making nothing to making a little something).

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Those other examples, though, are not specifically related to WATT — WATT is trying to make small devices receive a power “signal” that they liken to WiFi over longer distances (as in, at least several feet — not the 5-millimeter distance that might work for a charging pad)… those examples cited are generally about close magnetic field based-recharging for electric cars, though the Stanford one is about short-distance charging of embedded medical devices. I don’t know if the patent worlds of these different kinds of charging will collide at some point or not.

More from the ad:

“… just like wireless internet uses radio frequenciesโ€”or wavesโ€”to keep you connected no matter where you areโ€ฆ

“‘Wireless Charging’ promises to keep all your gadgets runningโ€ฆall the timeโ€ฆwithout a single cord in sight.

“Actually, ‘promises’ may be the wrong word.

“Because as Michaelโ€™s business partner explained to a crowd of well-heeled businessmen and industry insiders on May 12, 2015โ€ฆ

“At an elite ‘invite only’ conference on a mild Los Angeles Tuesdayโ€ฆ

“Their company wasnโ€™t in the business of ‘promising’ a blockbuster technology.

“It was in the business of delivering one.

“And if my research is correctโ€ฆ

“Their work is about to be your windfall.

“100-fold growth over the next 3 years…”

And more:

“Theyโ€™ve FINALLY made wireless power commercially viable.

“Meaning they can beam power, at meaningful distances, to multiple devices, in a completely safe, shockingly efficient mannerโ€ฆ

“And you can get out in front a market with a over a centuryโ€™s worth of pent-up demand.

“With airtight patent protection and a hard-earned reputation as the only ‘Wireless-Charging’ company EVER to demonstrate the technology successfullyโ€ฆ

“Itโ€™s no surprise that this ‘pure-play’ stock has already quietly received a few serious votes of confidence (most notably in the form of โ€œinnovation awardsโ€) from industry observers.”

That seems to generally be true, though the demonstration was a year and a half ago and Ossia’s somewhat similarly capable Cota system was demonstrated this year at CES. The actual commercial wireless charging systems that are available now (and have been for quite some time) all require either contact with or very close proximity to the charging source or mat (within a couple centimeters), and the demo that Energous did back at the Consumer Electronics Show in the winter of 2015 showed the potential of an in-home charging network that they liken to “wifi for electricity” … but that potential is still quite a ways from being realized. And whether WattUp from Energous is really “ahead” of the Cota because they demo’d it a year earlier is an open question for me, I have no idea — both say they’re commercially viable, neither is commercially available (but only WATT is publicly traded, of course, so if you’re going to promote something to sell an investment newsletter that’s got to be it).

Blanco’s vision is that all appliance and “box” makers will begin to include a wireless charging “transmitter” module, so your refrigerator and your toaster will be able to transmit power, and that portable devices that you want to be “wireless” will have “receiver” chips that capture that transmitted energy and use it to charge their batteries…. and he says that’s his “best guess for two years from now.”

That seems wildly, wildly optimistic to me.

The big push, if it ever comes for Energous, will be when (if) their technology gets built into a beloved high-volume product and thus helps their technology to become the accepted “standard” that other manufacturers will want to follow. The holy grail in this department is, of course, the iPhone — and it was iPhone “wireless charging” rumors (first really reported by Bloomberg here) that drove Energous stock higher after it bottomed out in the January doldrums earlier this year.

The stock has been relatively tepid since that huge run from $4 to $11, and the company has shifted focus away from providing wireless charging chips (and transmitters) for smartphones in the near future as they concentrate on the market for distributing power to little “Internet of Things” sensors and devices.

They have announced a mini-transmitter as well, something that you can plug into a USB port and use to generate a power “signal” to charge your wearables or whatever else has one of their power receiver chips built in, but the company is talking about this as their “gateway” product — the one that gets them to the point of generating revenue faster. It’s not particularly revolutionary in concept, since the small and low-power design means you lose, at least in this first iteration, the “charging at a distance” capability… these mini WattUp transmitters will charge your wearable device, but the device has to be sitting on the charger or within a couple millimeters, very similar to existing charging pads or magnetic chargers like the Apple Watch uses. It would have the advantage of getting a receiver “chip” into those wearable products, and that same receiver is expected to work with whatever longer-range transmitters Energous is able to commercialize at some point in the future for their more ambitious goal of charging your phone while you walk around with it in your pocket at a distance of 10 or 20 feet from the transmitter.

Building a base of installed devices that helps to create demand for more transmitters and more devices is how they hope to build a standard around their designs that creates commercial acceptance… though they’re also part of the AirFuel Alliance that’s trying to develop broader design standards for several different kinds of wireless charging, and I don’t expect we’ll know for quite some time where the weight of important patents lies in this area (WATT certainly has registered a lot of patents, though they’re not the only ones).

So that’s the longer-term promise, that Energous could “own” wireless charging and be the standard as it takes off in a few years with wide acceptance… but the near-term story of Energous as a widely-touted stock is that rumor that Apple is going to partner with them for their wireless charging solution in the 2017 iPhone (or 2016 even, if some touters are to be believed). Here’s Blanco’s pitch on that aspect:

“… put a big, red circle around June 13.

“Because thatโ€™s the day Iโ€™m expecting Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, to walk onto a stageโ€ฆ

“Make quick announcementโ€ฆ

“And send this 1 no-name technology stock on a mind-bending, multi-year tear.”

He cites some headlines, including that Bloomberg article mentioned above as well as stories like this one in Computerworld, which does a good job of summing up where wireless charging is right now (but fails, of course, to claim that Apple has chosen one particular partner or standard… which makes sense, since Apple feels strongly about secrets).

And Energous does seem to be the company that has most publicly stated that it’s closest to commercial launch for their products, though I don’t know if that means they’re really in the lead — companies that aren’t public don’t have to be as promotional. If they’re big they can afford to keep secrets for competitive advantage, and if they’re small they just have to have venture capital funders who are excited about the potential. The other two widely-discussed longer-distance wireless charging companies are Ossia (focused RF beams at low power) and Ubeam (ultrasonic), both of which are well-funded but private, and it’s exceedingly likely that Apple and Intel and Qualcomm and a dozen other big guys are actively (and mostly secretly) experimenting with the next generation of wireless charging (Apple even “stole” a couple Ubeam engineers last year). There are no doubt lots of smaller projects under the radar as well — there’s one called MagMIMO that’s quite similar to Energous’ technology and was developed a couple years ago at MIT (it’s now a “stealth” company called Pi, so they’re probably commercially far behind Energous and Ossia, but you never know).

But I risk getting into a lot of repeating myself here, since I wrote about Energous when it was teased by a different newsletter last month. At the time I was very skeptical that there will be any imminent Apple announcement about using WattUp in the next generation iPhone (getting it into the iPhone 7 this year would be all but impossible, but next year is what the slightly more sober touters are promoting), and I’m still skeptical. It’s a cool technology being demo’d and investigated by at least a few “Tier 1” partners, but nothing I read makes me convinced that it will be in anything more than a couple small-volume wearable devices by a year from now.

Doing better than I expect is possible, of course, and WATT is still a very small company with a market cap of about $150 million — so any good news, or even another, stronger rumor about Apple could send them soaring…

… but that comes with a flip side, too, if they don’t generate some revenue toward the end of this year, and if Apple or another major partner isn’t announced, investors could give up on the shares in a hurry. Heck, since Agora Financial is pushing this June 13 date we might even see people react more quickly — investors who don’t hear anything about a deal by then, or who get inklings that Apple is using a different wireless charging technology or eschewing wireless charging entirely for the iPhone 7 or next year’s 7S could be sorely disappointed — and disappointed investors take out their anger by selling shares.

So if you do ride with WATT, be prepared for some bumpiness. And Energous has only enough cash to get them to about October 1 if their spending remains about like it was in the first quarter, so they’re probably looking for opportunities to do a stock offering. If I were their advisor, I’d tell them to talk to reporters every second they can and raise money now, when investor optimism seems pretty high… and they are making the rounds of investor conferences this month, so perhaps that will come soon.

If Apple is convinced that WattUp is their savior technology and the clear choice for wireless charging, they could just buy WATT — even if they paid double the share price that would only be $300 million, about as much profit as Apple generates in two days. (Apple doesn’t often buy out their suppliers, they’d rather squeeze them… but they do often “buy in” smallish technology companies to get their designs and engineers.)

WATT reported their first quarter last week, and that provided a bit more of an update on their expected timelines: They say the “midsize” transmitter should be approved by the FCC in time to be available by the third quarter of 2017 (that’s the one that you could put in a desktop computer or car, and it would charge devices within 2-3 feet of the transmitter), and the full-size transmitter that they demo’d at CES in January 2015 is “targeted for integration into partner products as early as the end of 2017.” So that pretty much rules out the iPhone before 2018, I would guess, since it seems extremely unlikely Apple would risk the iPhone on a power transmitter that isn’t available at the time the (hypothetical) iPhone 7S is completing its final design and manufacturing plan by the Spring of 2017…. though I suppose it’s possible that Apple could adopt the “MiniWattUP” contact charger for next year’s phone if it’s available (I wouldn’t expect it, but I’m often wrong). In the past, Apple has, or so rumor has it, been much more likely to take out a “not ready for prime time” feature from the iPhone at the last minute before manufacturing begins than they are to add a new technology at the last minute.

The first versions are likely to be disappointing, as first versions so often are, and Apple waited several years before it even put NFC chips in its phones… and outside of the Watch it still hasn’t adopted the widely-available wireless charging (with mats or the like) that has been available and used by big competitors like Samsung for several years. It hasn’t hurt them, Apple still gets way more than their share of the profits in the mobile phone business… Apple doesn’t have to be first, but they really focus on being right and making sure the design and use is as seamless as possible. If you’re convinced that will end up meaning that the WattUp from Energous makes it into the iPhone over the next few years, then you’re further along in your thinking than I am — I’d be delighted to hear your thoughts, just use the friendly little comment form below.

P.S. I forgot to mention that yes, June 13 is a real date — Apple holds their WorldWide Developers Conference (WWDC) starting on that date, and they often use the keynote to introduce new products or software. They probably will announce some new “surprising” stuff on that day in their product lineup, and some of the folks who make their living speculating about Apple rumors are talking about the possibility of some sort of wireless charging being mentioned (though most seem to indicate it’s a “2017 at the earliest” thing, so any mention at a developers conference this year would probably be pretty tepid… unless they’re ready to launch a real surprise and shock us all). We’ll see.

P.P.S. Your June 14 update… another warning to be careful about relying on made-up catalysts that are ginned up to convince you to subscribe quickly to a newsletter. People tend to really fixate on those catalysts, even if they’re nowhere near as certain as the newsletter would like you to believe, and for big newsletters that get a lot of subscribers and attention the impact on a stock can be substantial… here’s what happened to WATT stock during and for 24 hours or so after the WWDC. (It got to $14.50 or so just before Tim Cook took the stage yesterday, and bottomed out near $11 in busy trading this morning):
wattnotated

Doesn’t necessarily mean anything different about WATT long term, since I think most sober analysts believed that the probability of Apple putting it in their next iPhone was pretty much nil anyway, but when you’re trading on future hopes and don’t really have a commercial-scale business yet, there are no fundamentals to tie the stock to so the story is everything.

I’m just as skeptical of WATT as I was before, and still think they’re at least as likely to have bad news as good in the next six months (big capital raise, continued delays in product development), but at least the price has come down a bit. Not all the way — the very non-specific Apple wireless charging rumors started on January 29 when the stock was below $5, if you remember — but part of the way.

So now… we’re back to this being a story about Energouos and their much smaller-scale early-stage potential partners instead of a story about Apple’s WWDC conference. Whether the stock hits $5 or $15 next, I have no idea… but if I were forced to bet today I’d bet on the price falling.

Disclosure: I own shares and/or call options on Apple and Google/Alphabet. I am not invested in any other company mentioned above, and will not trade in any covered stock for at least three days after publication per Stock Gumshoe’s trading rules. I did have a position in Energous put options for a week or so leading up to the WWDC announcement, but have sold that position.

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Griffin
Griffin
May 19, 2016 1:38 pm

I’m not particularly impressed with wireless charging, long distance probably. I bought a 7″ tablet with wireless charger more for the good price. Only to find out when I got it, that I had to put it screen down on the charging stand for it to charge, enh why bother.

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thormj
thormj
May 19, 2016 2:08 pm
Reply to  Griffin

Everybody’s -this-close- to making it actually do something: If I had wireless charging for my Xperia Z (or a Kyocera Hydro), I’d have the perfect phone — scratch proof (screen protector), shock-proof (gotta add a case), and waterproof (supposedly. but the little sometimes don’t work).
If it could be charged without opening anything, maybe I could have a solid phone/tablet for playing on the boat…

Then again, there are Qi chargers, so… what’s special about these?

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Griffin
Griffin
May 19, 2016 2:53 pm

Now that would be the way to go. Be able to walk into a room and have all your devices start charging. I guess we can assume that wireless charging won’t be a block buster for a few years, and I don’t need to rush.

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rene
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May 19, 2016 6:55 pm
Reply to  Griffin

that would be , even more than that it is now, to walk into a microwave oven, so no thanks

James Baker, M.D.
James Baker, M.D.
May 23, 2016 2:02 pm

That can’t be good for your health to have that much energy transmitted through your body for hours every day, when they are somewhat concerned about holding your phone to your ear.

Ritam108
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Ritam108
June 13, 2016 10:21 am

Thanks, Dr. Baker, about the warning re emf or rmf pollution dangers of wireless charging. It seems very few are thinking about the effects on our brains and physiology of having these electro magnetic fields going through bodies….. turn off your wireless routers, at night folks: your brain will get better sleep, rather attempting to entrain with the router pulses.

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bobwins
Irregular
May 19, 2016 2:12 pm

You mentioned that one of the possible goals is to have refrigerators transmit wireless power continuously to any device that needs charging. Isn’t that going to affect the refrigerator’s power consumption? Now, I’m assuming my charger only draws juice when I plug in my cell phone or laptop. Wouldn’t that be a waste of energy just to gain a little convenience?

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Barry Yarkoni
Barry Yarkoni
May 19, 2016 2:33 pm

Wireless charging is one of those things that sounds a lot better on paper than in reality. Until there is a standard, you will need separate charging pads for different devices. More cables, more desk clutter, only the clutter becomes larger! And why on earth do we want to propagate more electromagnetic energy into our environments for very little added benefit. And has the long term safety of this technology really been proven?

Lewis Nicholson
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Lewis Nicholson
May 19, 2016 5:27 pm
Reply to  Barry Yarkoni

Yes Barry…good question, I for one have experienced much louder ringing in my ears since this huge ‘advance’ in wireless device proliferation…to solve this (for me) I have gone back to a lot of permanently wired items

alanh
May 19, 2016 2:43 pm

I dont think it will be transmitting electro magnetic energy. More likely they will transmit a hyper sound at some resonant frequency that oscillates something in your device to generate minimal electricity to trickle charge it. If thats a problem, you better turn off your radio/tv/cell phone/wifi etc etc etc.

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alanh
May 19, 2016 3:14 pm

Whatever it is, it aint gonna be lightning bolts across your living room….nor lasers that physical objects can block. It’ll be some variety of waves…and God knows, our bodies are already hit by a zillion waves every nanosecond. So, unless youre dead already, I wouldnt worry too much about the health issues…..and if youre not dead, its a bit too late to worry about it coz youre probably being fried right now and I dont think anyones gonna turn those waves off in the near future.

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faz
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faz
May 19, 2016 5:35 pm
Reply to  alanh

I always switch off the wireless unless I’m using it. I packed away my cordless phone and plugged in an old fashioned one instead. Didn’t quite get around to faraday-caging the bedroom (shouldn’t be too difficult in practise) so yes, am probably being fried by the four or five wifi routers that are in range. I’d much rather AlanH et al be the guinea pigs for the long term effects of electrosmog, but looks like I’m one too.
There is also the security / hacking risk aspect of leaking our computer activities into the electromagnetic spectrum – I would strongly discourage use of wireless mouse/keyboard when accessing your broker online, for example.
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alanh
May 19, 2016 5:45 pm
Reply to  alanh

Interesting. Ive just been talking to one of the best sound engineers in the world and he is convinced that my tinitus is worsened/caused by wifi. He recco’s turning your wifi off overnight….try it and let me know.

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SoGiAm
May 19, 2016 10:41 pm
Reply to  alanh

Are you gonna do same? Do it and let us know as well. ๐Ÿ™‚

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SoGiAm
May 19, 2016 5:33 pm

Meet @BiooOfficial, the #startup which uses Plants to charge your Smartphone! #ecofriendly http://ow.ly/uTWy3009Rpf

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ron k
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ron k
May 19, 2016 7:01 pm

And no doubt after the technology is working and starting to be accepted and the stock ramps up big. Then some Phd, with nothing better to do, will state that it is not healthy and the wireless signals are frying out brains or pancreas or something. Then BIG crash in the stock price. Why I avoid technology; too many variables, opinions and it changes faster than the outdated now Moore’s law. Trade these ones only. Luck helps.

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Burj
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Burj
May 20, 2016 6:26 am

Just a thought with all this extra radiation exposure I just wonder what the long term health effects are going to be? Carcinogenic? Birth defects? Other unforeseen health issues!
Hmmmm…. just a thought!!

Ron
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Ron
May 20, 2016 11:15 am
Reply to  Burj

When you’re 80, it doesn’t matter. Ron

Newton Cole
Newton Cole
May 23, 2016 10:03 pm
Reply to  Ron

speak for yourself Ron! I am soon to be 88!

Jason Estavillo
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Jason Estavillo
May 20, 2016 6:28 pm

The WattUp transmission is stated to use the 5.8 ghz frequency, same as a WiFi router. They also state to have software with advanced algorithms that locates enabled devices that will be found and targeted via Bluetooth and charge when within range. The transmitter is supposed to create a 3D pocket of contained energy that will only be directed at a device with a receiver. This is how I understand it anyway.

sandy_shore
May 20, 2016 7:50 pm

Wires and keyboards are so 19th century!

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alfie0077
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alfie0077
May 21, 2016 9:49 am

Watt,,, NO PE… Estimated earings Down 10 percent next quarter. Shorted it at 9.58 estimate it to go down to 8.00

rhqjrvlq
Member
May 22, 2016 2:01 pm

If cellphones reportedly cause brain cancer as do overhead power lines what will this tech cause??

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Alanh
May 22, 2016 6:38 pm
Reply to  rhqjrvlq

I’m reliably told by an eminent scientist that it will cause a hard togger….lets hope!

tanglewood
May 22, 2016 10:55 pm
Reply to  Alanh

Alan is that a UK slang term synonymous with todger?
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/t.htm

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Alanh
May 23, 2016 6:01 am
Reply to  tanglewood

I’m on holiday with some friends and showed them the thread. One of them thought it would be a fun idea to do a post in my name. Please ignore it

SoGiAm
May 23, 2016 7:49 am
Reply to  Alanh

Did you have them render to Caesar? “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s”. – Jammin’

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CuriousJoe
CuriousJoe
May 22, 2016 11:37 pm
Reply to  rhqjrvlq

This article on WATT by Travis brought up a couple of “Whatever happened to” questions: 1) Nikola Tesla had apparently figured out a way to harvest enough electricity from the atmosphere to power a car. 2) Cellphone has-been (?) Nokia was reportedly working on a phone at its Cambridge, UK research center that would charge by harvesting energy from ambient radio frequency waves spanning 500MHz-10GHz (radio, TV, microwave, cell phones, wireless LAN, bluetooth…). Both approaches wouldn’t add to pollution; Nokia’s would actually reduce it.

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Salita
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Salita
May 22, 2016 5:03 pm

Thanks, Travis. Excellent article and very entertaining discussion. I’m with Ron–I’m not quite 80 yet, but worrying about all this tech jazz is toxic in itself, and it takes the joy out of life! That is definitely an “old-fogey” comment. : )

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Guest
May 26, 2016 12:30 pm

Very great thank you

rosalindr
Member
June 9, 2016 4:44 pm

Clever name, WATTUP, other than that I’m not impressed.

Roz

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Hunter18
Hunter18
June 9, 2016 10:49 pm

Recently I read and forwarded advice geared to inform adolescents about carrying cell phones in their front pockets and women using their bras. Apparently their is some clinical evidence that supports this advice. If I recall correctly the energy exposure increases inversely with the square of the square of the distance, so time spent in your front pocket or bra is far greater than time spent by your ear for most of us, hopefully. Sitting on your night stand or desk drastically reduces your exposure.
Turning off tracking (GPS) saves a lot of these emissions and power too. Just turn it back on when you need it.
If Jason Estavillo is understanding the strategy , this is no slam dunk ready for Xmas or as Travis diagnoses, maybe not for years , and likely more evolved i.e. simpler and hopefully safer.

dcohn
Member
June 20, 2016 4:34 pm
Reply to  Hunter18

My understanding of the GPS signal is it is mainly used when you run the MAPS application, It seems to be true in reference to power usage. IE if the MAPS app is off i see minimal power usage overnight. Like went to sleep at 90% woke up at 89% (Nexus 6P).

Otherwise during off GPS is a good idea though I am not so sure it uses anything more than triangulation.

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nmartinsd
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nmartinsd
June 17, 2016 3:25 pm

I do not think that speculation of possible health effects should influence your investment decisions. We had a case here in San Diego where the judge threw out a claim by people living near power lines. The expert for the Plaintiff based his conclusions on a cancer “cluster” at the location of the plaintiff’s homes. The opposing expert showed that if the geographic incidence of cancer was totally random you would still have clusters. A “scientist” who announces a theory without subjecting the theory to peer review and without testing based on the scientific method is merely another alarmist.

As a patent attorney I also have to weigh in on the watertight patent statement. No factual or legal basis for this statement is made. Were the patents subject validity and infringement analysis? I doubt it. There are no U.S. patents or published applications owed by Watt on wireless power.

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cks99
August 17, 2016 11:11 am

does anyone think about the possible health issues?? i sure wouldn’t want to be surrounded with MORE electricity than we ALREADY are!

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