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[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Last time I read about this about 2/3 of the energy of the laser disappeared during the conversion to electricity. Has that improved?

[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 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.