The Future is Now

Imagine being able to charge all electronic devices... Wirelessly. I had thought about doing this for four years. I always thought to myself, "If we can transmit data and signals wirelessly, why can't we transmit power?" Even though 3G data transfer has been around for years and 4G has just started as well, no technology popularized as fast as WI-FI. Even though this technological advancement has only been commercially available for the past few years we are already developing the next stage of wireless transmittance. The transmission of electricity... Well in a sense. It's not as if we are simply take the electrical current from a wall and moving to our iPhone or computer. It's all a simple concept with a difficult development. We can hope to see this technology within the decade... Or so I hope. We have nano technology to thank for this up and coming development. As many may know nano technology works at I microscopic level, developing full range technology at a millionth the normal scale. This work has led to the development of many wonderful devices that will take a problem and come up with a simple solution. To start I realized that my idea could very well become a reality after watching a particular TED talks video online. In it a scientist was discussing a new technology that could be used on basic home windows. I am no scientific genius by any means and therefor don't know specific names etc. however I will be able to explain most general functionalities of the devices. Back on track, this new nano development is a small quarter inch transparent sheet that has an interesting use of light. When transparent it will let all light and heat in just like any film on a window might do. However, when just two volts of electricity are applied to this sheet it's molecular property shifts. This change will still allow light in but will reflect 100% of outside heat away from the window. This means that in the summer simply flip the switch to the film and you immediately save on AC. In the winter change the properties back with 2 volts and let light AND heat in. Simple as that. From this the scientist then moved on to another development that was built off of this first idea. It would be used by households and the military. It is yet another transparent nano sheet that arranges light particles in order to see at night. For standard home use, this would eliminate the need for constant artificial light. One would literally be able to see out of there window as if it were day. This technology obviously would be used as re newest in night vision technology for the military as well. There is now one third and final technological device that was shown. Throughout the ages it has been proven that the most efficient and cost effective way to store energy is the battery. To this day it is one of the most used technological items. Imagine however if a home generator could store three times the amount of energy in just a few small panels on a wall. Oh and did I mention it uses light as energy? It is also able to send any power not used to another person. Perhaps your neighbor needs the power and you have it. You would literally be able to beam your stored energy to your neighbor via light. This got me thinking. If we combined all of these technologies together we could in fact create wireless charging. Think about it. A power source in a house could beam it's power to a device with a receiver created from this new nano technology. While it has not been developed, the concept finally seems plausible. Although this might never be developed, it's still amazing how far we have come. Technology is amazing and scary at the same time. Sometimes I wonder if we were never meant to discover any of it at all. Perhaps earth had already been developed farther than it already is but technology destroyed everything. The only thing that helps me sleep at night is the knowledge that I won't let technology rule my life and I won't let it consume me. Maybe with a good balance we can develop our race with the right amount of human development and technological advancements.