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SCAM: Polar Wireless charging
« on: April 14, 2020, 11:48:34 am »
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/682200410/polar-charge-the-worlds-first-distance-charger

I've seen some doozies before, but this one might take the cake!
7.5W per device up to 6 devices at a distance of 5ft with a tiny "magnet" stuck to a micro USB plug.

And they stole the photo of their "test gear" from Alibaba

 
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Re: SCAM: Polar Wireless charging
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2020, 12:47:52 am »
wo-wo time never stop, check this out
https://www.wiliot.com/
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Re: SCAM: Polar Wireless charging
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2020, 04:02:50 am »
wo-wo time never stop, check this out
https://www.wiliot.com/

So they are energy harvesting RF in order to run the Bluetooth chip?
Good luck transmitting without a bulk power storage source.
 
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Re: SCAM: Polar Wireless charging
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2020, 09:00:52 pm »
Those magnets are magnetic charging connectors, which are nice to use, but yeah has no coil or anything inside... you must connect the corresponding pogo pins to mate with the connector of course.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Magnetic-Lightning-USB-Charger-Charging-Cable-For-Apple-iPhone-Samsung-Xiaomi-US/324138169690
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Re: SCAM: Polar Wireless charging
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2022, 07:02:45 pm »
Yeah looks cheap, its a kind of battery-free BLE beacon, and they announce huge investments
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Re: SCAM: Polar Wireless charging
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2024, 05:05:06 am »
I haven't looked into whether it's a scam or not, but I think when Marconi or Tesla proposed their ideas about radio-controlled devices, it also looked inadequate then.

Nowadays even every baby has a radiotelephone
 


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