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| Nominal Animal:
No, rats. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: jrs45 on February 28, 2020, 02:33:15 pm ---I guess ubeam powered forklifts didn't pan out, but maybe ubeam powered airplanes are next? https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sonicenergy-announces-development-partnership-with-airbus-301010466.html --- End quote --- |
| Cyberdragon:
It's from SonicShit themselves (look at the bottom), probably a lie out their ass. (They probably asked and haven't gotten a response...which will be FO). Besides...doesn't take an idiot to notice the USB ports in the damn seats (I'm assuming Airbus has those). ::) |
| Cerebus:
--- Quote from: Cyberdragon on February 29, 2020, 05:27:37 pm ---It's from SonicShit themselves (look at the bottom), probably a lie out their ass. (They probably asked and haven't gotten a response...which will be FO). --- End quote --- It's on PR Newswire, who have been around for a long time as a method of distributing press releases to Journalists. Once upon a time I used to get a 1/4" thick wodge of press releases in the post from them every day. Every journalist on the commercial aerospace beat will be getting this in their inboxes, if SonicEnergy were stupid enough to do as you suggest then it would take about 0.2 seconds for some journo well connected with Airbus to call their bluff. |
| MrMobodies:
I thought Meredith Perry and Elizabeth Holmes both had a similar passion in how much they believed in their projects to keep them going as long as they could. https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/11/charged/ --- Quote ---Wireless charging startup uBeam accused of being the next Theranos Josh Constine@joshconstine / 4:50 pm BST • May 11, 2016 uBeam could be vaporware, according to a blogger claiming to be uBeam’s former VP of engineering. They accuse the startup of being unable to fulfill promises made about its technology. [Update: Reporter Lee Gomes confirmed with the author that they are former uBeam VP of Eng Paul Reynolds. More below] uBeam says it’s building a device that could wirelessly charge your phone or other electronics from several meters away. But in a series of blog posts about the startup, the author asserts that the product is a sham. The criticism will increase the pressure on uBeam to reveal a working prototype. TechCrunch cannot confirm these accusations or the identity of the blogger, and we’re awaiting a response from uBeam, but the blogger contends that: uBeam has refused to publicly show a demo because the technology doesn’t work The original CTO and newly hired CFO have both left the company uBeam CEO Meredith Perry tricked co-founder Nora Dweck into an 80/20 split of the company instead of a 50/50 split, according to court documents. Dweck sued Perry, who “settled out of court with Dweck rumored to get 20% of the company” The laws of physics and scientific experts indicate that “While in theory [uBeam] may be possible in limited cases, the safety, efficiency, and economics of it mean it is not even remotely practical.” --- End quote --- They say about Elizabeth Holmes had some kind of dark voice and I have listened to Meredith's and doesn't sound the same to me. https://www.thecut.com/2019/03/why-did-elizabeth-holmes-use-a-fake-deep-voice.html --- Quote ---... If you hunt around online, you can sometimes find YouTube videos in which Holmes can be heard using that real voice before catching herself and deepening it, but these videos have a tendency to be taken down after a day or two.... --- End quote --- |
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