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Ali Hajimiri gives a TED talk about wireless energy transfer and its potential to power everything. By manipulating electromagnetic waves and utilizing electronic chips and antennas, energy can be sent wirelessly with precision, creating endless possibilities for its use on Earth and in space. Hajimiri's team has developed fabric-like structures that can be launched into space and flown in a constellation to form a power station that sends green energy down to Earth. This technology was demonstrated in their experiment where they integrated three components - deployable structures, photovoltaics, and wireless energy transfer - into a satellite that was recently launched. Hajimiri believes that this technology is too compelling to go away and will soon appear in our lives in one form or another.
In this section, the speaker discusses the possibility of wireless energy transfer and how it is based on the idea of interference. By manipulating the timing and synchronization of electromagnetic waves, he explains how it is possible to send energy wirelessly and create focal points of energy without any mechanical movement. The use of electronic chips and antennas helps to create a system where energy is sent to the right place with precision. The speaker provides examples of how this technology operates and shows how energy is going only where it needs to go and not anywhere else, making endless possibilities for its use from Earth to space.
In this section, Ali Hajimiri discusses how wireless energy from space could power everything, using a generator on the ceiling to power a light bulb and track its movements dynamically. He explains how putting photovoltaics in space and collecting energy can be more efficient and provide always-available power, among other benefits, if the solar power collected could be sent wirelessly to Earth. The traditional approach with big solar panels has not been possible due to their cost and assembly difficulties, but his team have developed flexible, fabric-like structures that can be launched into the space and flown in a constellation to form a power station that sends green energy down to Earth, as shown in their technology demonstrator named Maple.
In this section, Ali Hajimiri talks about an experiment where they integrated three technology demonstrators for deployable structures, photovoltaics, and wireless energy transfer into a satellite that was launched recently. The purpose of this experiment was to demonstrate wireless power transfer in space. According to Hajimiri, this technology is too compelling to go away, and he believes it's bound to appear in our lives in one form or another.
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