Wireless Electricity

Intel's approach is to use a magnetic field. They "send" the magnetic field and this induces a current in the receiver.

Intel says "magnetic fields don't affect people."

While I cannot post any good medical citations, I think a lot of people believe otherwise. There is a whole field of medical magnetism (which may be junk science - I don't know).

We know that even weak magnetic fields affect animals like birds and rodents, and simple organisms like bacteria and bugs. Worse is that magnetic fields definitely affect metallic things and stuff that contains metals and magnetic ions.

For example: a transformer works by inducing an electric current in a conductor using a magnetic field. That is essentially the technology that Intel is proposing too, except that the magnetic field is far from the conductor. Have any other conductors in your home? They could induce currents in those too. Like the metal base of your lamp, or your guitar, or your belt buckle. Magnetic fields also affect hemoglobin by "re-ordering" it (thanks to the magnetically susceptible iron ion in hemoglobin). I don't know if the re-ordering is damaging, but I prefer my hemoglobin right where it is.

Very strong magnetic fields definitely affect people. Most of you haven't had the experience of touring a metal electrowinning plant, particularly one requiring high voltage to electrowin (like zinc or aluminum). Those plants have big transformers and the electrowinning operation generates plenty of stray, strong magnetic fields. Those plants have signs banning people with pacemakers from entering, and they also recommend that you don't bring metal things into the plant. Some of them go so far as to provide coveralls with PLASTIC zippers rather than the usual metal ones. I assume they don't do that just for fun.

One old aluminum electrowinning plant I was in suggested you don't go too close to the "pots" (the molten salt electrowinning cells) with steel-toed boots. I noticed that when I was fairly close to the pot, I could actually feel a tug on my boot. Some folks said that if you were unlucky you would get a "hot foot" - the magnetic fields would induce an electric current in your metal-toed workboot, which would cause it to heat up.

So, given
a). electromagnetic radiation from TV, computer, cordless phone, wireless internet bombarding you everywhere you go
b). electromagnetic radiation from your cellphone very possibly increasing your likelihood of brain cancer
c). magnetic and electromagnetic radiation from power lines causing people to become irritable, depressed, and perhaps ill,

do you really want even MORE weird magnetic and electromagnetic fields blasting through your body?

Maybe the folks wearing tinfoil hats are on to something - protects their brains from all that electro-magnetic radiation. Now they need to line their hats with soft iron to protect them from new magnetic fields...

Best Regards, Georgetta