Witricity

Devon Greco

What is Witricity?
Electricity without wires
Magnetic loop antennas
Electromagnetic near-field

History of Witricity
Originally demonstrated in 1964 on CBS
using model helicopter
1969-1975 30 kW over 1 mile at 84%
efficiency

How does Witricity Work?

Near-field inductive coupling through
magnetic fields
Interact weakly with surrounding objects
(biological tissue)

Witricity Today
MIT powered 60 watt light bulb from 2
meters (7 ft) at 40% efficiency
MIT researchers working on improving the
technology

Witricity Tomorrow

1) Power from mains to antenna, which is made of copper

2) Resonates 10MHz (electromagnetic waves)
3) Tunnel up to 2m (6.5ft)
4) Electricity received by antenna, also resonating at 10MHz.
5) Energy not transferred to laptop re-absorbed by source
antenna. People/other objects not affected as not resonating at
10MHz

Witricity Concerns
Will it harm me?
Will it harm the environment?
Will it interfere with important
communication?