The concept of transferring energy without wires has always been a desire of mankind. Numerous experiments have been conducted in this field, with Nikola Tesla’s experiments being among the most famous. Thanks to these research efforts, we can now wirelessly charge our mobile phones and other devices. For those who wish to continue experimenting, there…
With the upcoming rise of self-driving and more connected vehicles come an increased risk of hacking those vehicles with ill-intent. Tesla, despite the common vulnerability of autonomous systems, has the programs that are considered impenetrable. With dozens of companies struggling to match the penetration security against hacking attempts, Tesla holds a benchmark of success. But…
Finally March, 15th has come and, as promised, we are ready to reveal the Wireless Power contest winners. As we stated many times on this blog, the score has been assigned following these rules: Futura Group srl, IDT and Würth Elektronik will judge all entries and select winners based on the following criteria: Creativity and…
First of all I want to thank all the makers for their works. As you already know, last February 28th the projects submission phase has been closed. Right now we are in the very key moment of the challenge: the winner selection! Looking at the rules excerpt, the evaluation phase will be done in this…
More and more projects are coming for the contest, but maybe someone else has to come: hurry up guys, the time is running out! The deadline for submitting your project is February, 28th! So far, the submitted projects are: GPS shoes with wireless charging – Shoes with a GPs system and the wireless charging to recharge…
First of all we want to thank the people who started to send us their projects for the contest. The deadline for submitting your project is February, 28th: what are you waiting for sending yours?! 🙂 Below the guidelines to present the project Requirements for the submitted project The core element of projects submitted to the “Wireless…
We wrote a lot about our Challenge Wireless Power contest launched here at Open Electronics. The first phase named “ideas submission” has been closed on November, 30th and we received a lot of good ideas to be implemented, here you can find the best ones. The important news of today is that, since we have extended…
Deadline to submit your idea went off last November, 30th. It has been a real success: 110 Ideas 270 Subscribers in the contest Facebook: 91 Post with the Hashtag #WirelessPowerContest 2717 Like Twitter: 82 Post with the Hashtag #WirelessPowerContest 328 Like If you still have a good idea, don’t worry and submit it! The jury…
The very last day to submit your idea and win an amazing oscilloscope! We’ve partnered with –Integrated Device Technology, Inc.– and –Würth Elektronik– to find new applications for Wireless Power. Show us your ideas on how you want to use the Wireless Power Kit developed by Futura Elettronica. The Wireless Power Kit includes an FT1235 5W transmitter and an FT1236 5W…
We have extended the deadline to submit your project, now you have time until November, 30th. The level and quality of the ideas sent so far is very high and growing fast, so don’t give up and be brave, here are the instructions to apply: To participate in the contest you must register by completing…
Show us what you’re made of by entering our sponsored contests and take the chance to win awesome prizes! Submit your idea here! The latest ideas we have received for the Wireless power contest. You still have 15 days left to submit your idea and win one huge prize! Wireless charging of electric cars The objective…
We have launched the contest last September 1st, and now the first ideas have been submitted! For whom who didn’t hear about our contest: We’ve partnered with Integrated Device Technology, Inc. and Würth Elektronik to find new applications for the Wireless Power. Through a kit developed by Futura Elettronica that includes a FT1235 5W transmitter 5W and a…
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