This is the same take as people thinking wind energy steals wind, or solar energy reduces the sun’s efficacy.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
I would find this super cool if it wasnt for the fact that all of the radio frequencies are owned by the military and corporations. Outdoor IoT could be amazing, but it is kind of dead because you cant actually connect it to the internet without laying down cable or using 4G which is horrible for low power applications.
Orbituary@lemmy.world 1 month ago
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Wind energy does.
It’s just that we can’t extract sufficient energy from it to have any meaningful impact.
Orbituary@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Exactly my analogy.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
You are confusing what i am talking about. See my other response.
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Just use solar and batteries?🤷🏼♀️
kubica@fedia.io 1 month ago
I don't know what kind of idea you are getting. Radio and wi-ifi are waves. The wave is what can be used, you don't care who generated it. To say it somehow the wave is in the air and you just take advantage of it being there to convert it to energy. Doesn't matter what the wave could have been read as. In general a radio station is not going to stop working for a whole region just to stop you from using it.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Im not talking about the research itself, but about how it could be utilized. Having small devices that can be powered by nothing but stray radiowaves is cool, but its useless if you cant somehow connect those devices with the rest of the world. Thats the issue im complaining about.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There are tons of small devices that don’t have to be connected to be useful. Lots of personal items or small sensors.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Anything that can be powered by this research, can also be powered by a button sized battery for weeks if not not longer. I thinks its more intended for very off grid stuff but maybe im just too uncreative.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Huh?