Eric Giler demos wireless electricity

This TED talk is about the idea of transferring electricity wirelessly. Eric Gieler spoke about how this idea actually originated nearly a hundred years ago, but was never really applied. Giler speaks about how electricity is an important aspect of people’s lives, as evidenced by the huge amount of infrastructure used to transfer it. Batteries are also a huge cause of environmental concern, which could be potentially eliminated. Batteries are also quite expensive, and quite a few appliances use batteries. This idea simply separates the metal coils in a transformer, allowing electricity to be transferred over a distance. The way it works is that using two coils, you transfer electricity into a magnetic field, and then the magnetic field is then transferred back into electricity. This means that it can only transfer electricity to electronics that operate at the same frequency as this device, so it will be completely safe for people to use. This will enable everyday things like electric cars, cell phones, and medical devices to be charged without being plugged in. With this idea, you will simply place your electronic device within the electric field, and it will charge. This means that instead of plugging your cell phone in, you could just leave it on the counter where it will charge automatically.

The speaker in this TED talk is Eric Giler, the head of WiTricity, a startup working to make wireless electricity possible. Eric Giler received a Bachelors Degree in Science from Carnegie Mellon and an MBA from Harvard. Eric Giler has served as president of several previous companies before WiTricity. He started with a company called Groove Mobile, which provided music for commercial products. Giler also founded Brooktrout Inc, a provider of software and hardware. Currently Giler is on the board of directors for three other technology companies. Giler is unique in the amount of success he has had with these companies in both the business aspect and the creation of ideas. He himself has written eight patents. Giler is successful because of the combination of his business sense as well as his unique ideas.

In my own life, I will be majoring in electrical engineering at the University of Portland, with the possibility of going to graduate school and either getting a masters in engineering or an MBA. I hope to be able to get a few internships during my college years somewhere in the Silicon Valley.