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Offline StillTrying

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1200 on: May 01, 2018, 02:33:32 pm »
It looks like they've given up on things like efficiency, and turned to producing endless mis-shaped prototypes instead, those enclosures might be surplus from something else, plenty of ventilation needed to get 0.8W into a phone battery!
The good news is that with that rate of size reduction it will vanish completely in less than 1 year. :) :horse:
.  That took much longer than I thought it would.
 

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1201 on: May 01, 2018, 02:34:10 pm »
Tainted  comparison picture...   First prototype appears to be a "MEB", ie mostly empty box on the side view.  I'm used to seeing MEBs in marketing demos... Make the investor think they are getting something, or harvested from the local surplus yard are the big driver of MEBs...

EDIT:   latest proto looks three D printed, and those big vents are going to cause issues in a commercial environment.

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1202 on: May 01, 2018, 02:41:51 pm »
It looks like they've given up on things like efficiency

Forced to by those pesky laws of physics  ;D

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The good news is that with that rate of size reduction it will vanish completely in less than 1 year. :) :horse:
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Boom-tish!
 
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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1203 on: May 01, 2018, 05:26:00 pm »
More bragging on twitter.
New VP of Engineering:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-starr-2328706/
And a whole host of new hires it seems, burning through the new cash in the pointless pursuit of ultrasonic charging  ::)

https://twitter.com/meredithperry/status/990279009228369920

The attentive eye will note that they aren't the size arrays, so size comparisons are kinda  :palm:


I love that the size comparison has the largest enclosure open, showing that its mostly empty.

Looks to me like you could fit the largest into the middle just by switching to properly sized backplanes.
 

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1204 on: May 01, 2018, 06:11:48 pm »
Methinks the large one was a former  case from a certain brand of large laser scanning confocal microscope and held a bunch of Eurocard modules.
If not that, it's structure  certainly was done by the same design team.

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1205 on: May 01, 2018, 06:59:28 pm »
The good news is that with that rate of size reduction it will vanish completely in less than 1 year. :) :horse:

A case of the Emperor’s New Clothes if ever there was one.
 

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1206 on: May 01, 2018, 07:11:01 pm »
While they're busy measuring empty boxes and posting junk, their site's certificate has expired. :palm: :horse:
.  That took much longer than I thought it would.
 

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1207 on: May 01, 2018, 09:07:54 pm »
While they're busy measuring empty boxes and posting junk, their site's certificate has expired. :palm: :horse:

 :-DD  :palm:
 

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1208 on: May 09, 2018, 02:52:45 am »
For those who may be interested, the Acoustical Society of America will host a webinar on "Ultrasound and High Frequency Sound in Air in Public and Work Places: Applications‚ Devices and Effects" tomorrow, Wed May 9th 2018 (11:25 to 11:45am Pacific). If interested, the link to register is:

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/32291947178648578

I have no participation in this, just listing as a PSA.

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1209 on: May 20, 2018, 10:53:27 pm »
I hope the keen investors are suitably impressed with uBeen's recent product launches, and all the revenue they're now generating. :)  :bullshit: :horse:

.  That took much longer than I thought it would.
 

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1210 on: May 29, 2018, 11:38:45 am »
"uBeam transmitters are designed to sit discreetly in any location without calling attention to themselves and without disrupting style and flow. A uBeam transmitter might sit on a bookshelf or coffee table in your home appearing no bigger than a book or coaster. In the office, warehouse or complex, transmitters could be strategically installed under desks, on the wall of a conference room or next to a cabinet in a break room. "

https://ubeam.com/Blog/the-unseen-power-of-wireless-transmitters/

Without calling attention to themselves is the new company moto....

 

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1211 on: May 29, 2018, 11:47:41 am »
 

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1212 on: May 29, 2018, 11:55:16 am »
I hope the keen investors are suitably impressed with uBeen's recent product launches, and all the revenue they're now generating. :)  :bullshit: :horse:

The only thing they have of any value is the transducer IP, which I have been very reliably informed is worth a pretty penny.
If they are the least bit smart, uBeam can keep the Titanic afloat for a lot while longer.
Of course their silly charger tech will never work, for many blindingly obvious reasons

 

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1213 on: May 29, 2018, 08:23:01 pm »
The only thing they have of any value is the transducer IP, which I have been very reliably informed is worth a pretty penny.

By an investor :), I can't think of anything that isn't already done.
.  That took much longer than I thought it would.
 

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1214 on: June 03, 2018, 11:28:57 am »
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/73128/breaking-news/ultrasonic-signals-hdds-dos.html

45Khz, 125dB and your laptop is dead (not because the battery is empty... the hard drive and the OS ...)
 
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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1215 on: June 03, 2018, 11:37:37 am »
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/73128/breaking-news/ultrasonic-signals-hdds-dos.html

45Khz, 125dB and your laptop is dead (not because the battery is empty... the hard drive and the OS ...)
I find it interesting that at such a high vibration level they are still only fooling the protection sensors, and not directly screwing up the ability of the heads to work over the disk.
 

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1216 on: June 03, 2018, 12:15:41 pm »
I think some of uBeen's cartoons show laptops on desks, with the US TXs built into the surface of the desk. :palm: :horse:
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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1217 on: June 05, 2018, 04:04:07 pm »
I think some of uBeen's cartoons show laptops on desks, with the US TXs built into the surface of the desk. :palm: :horse:

Now fall asleep on that desk... >:D
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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1219 on: June 17, 2018, 04:10:34 pm »
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-ultrasonic-noise-make-you-sick-1529147100

Since it's behind a paywall, can you summarize?

Seems like they should be studying uBeam's employees.
 

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1220 on: June 17, 2018, 04:52:21 pm »
Seems like they should be studying uBeam's employees.
Or the beta testers in Cuba and China.
 

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1221 on: June 17, 2018, 04:54:43 pm »
"Since it's..."

If I google the 2nd half of the url I can read it in the first link(News for...).
There's not much there, US beams mixing and producing LF, and the embassy sicknesses.
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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1222 on: June 18, 2018, 09:45:52 am »
 

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1223 on: June 29, 2018, 04:20:01 am »
I know you all desperately want to hear a Perry interview:
https://makeitinla.org/podcast/meredith-perry-ubeam/
 

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Re: The uBeam FAQ
« Reply #1224 on: June 29, 2018, 05:42:30 am »
Yes, desperately!  :palm:
 


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