r/interestingasfuck • u/Red_Lotus_Alchemist • 2d ago

/r/all A Chinese earthquake rescue team deployed drones to light up the night and aid search and rescue operations after the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar.

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u/NJ_Legion_Iced_Tea 2d ago edited 1d ago

I can't wait for when wireless charging is able to extend multiple/hundreds of feet.

Wired drones are already capable of so much, and powering them wirelessly is going to be a civilizational game changer.

Edit: I'm talking high concept sci fi. The likes of which is probably outside of our reach but what we can strive towards. On par with Star Trek Transporters and Communicators from the 60s.

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u/nico282 1d ago

Spoiler alert, it won't. Physics laws don't change.

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u/NJ_Legion_Iced_Tea 1d ago

You're not entirely wrong, and it's probably only a good idea in sci fi. But there's nothing wrong in aspiring to create tech near that hypothetical potential.

Even 20 years ago you'd have been called mad for charging a cell phone wirelessly.

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u/nico282 1d ago

Sorry to ruin it for you, but the QI wireless standard is from 17 years ago (2008), and non standard solutions existed way before that.

My toothbrush was wireless charging in the 80s.

To become mainstream on phones it lacked only intelligence (phone now communicates with the charger) and standardization. It was never a physics issue.