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[AHA-Lambda]

I had no idea Disney was so involved in tech?
Nevertheless, very interesting!

 

[MisterHero]

That's not what free power looks like

Free power is supposed to look like this

 

[Oppo]

I feel like you guys are glossing over the article's suggestion of free-roaming animatronics who will endlessly roam through the parks. No way to stop them, no way to turn them off. Eventually killing us all, of course.

since I can win a fight with a hair dryer, I'l take my chances.

I had no idea Disney was so involved in tech?
Nevertheless, very interesting!

oh you have no idea! like I said, they don't really invent things, but they are great at implementation and choosing tech solutions.

these crazy Disney bracelets, for example, are actually pretty neat, despite the creep factor:
http://gawker.com/disney-world-can-creepily-track-visitors-nsa-style-with-1493082046

 

[Septimus Prime]

In light of this news, they need to reconsider scrapping the Main Street Electrical Parade

It's back. Limited time only, though.

 

[Gallbaro]

Eh, when the entire room is a faraday cage, from a EM point to of view it is cool, not really revolutionary out even inventive. I mean you would be charging a cell phone you can't use.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Disney showing up out of nowhere

Disney's R&D groups have been around for a long while, though primarily in stuff like animation, simulation, robotics, or rendering.

https://www.disneyresearch.com/research-areas/

They've been getting stronger over the years as they get more acquisitions, like Pixar after that purchase, and ILM's R&D group after the Lucasfilm purchase (though ILM's group is technically separate from the rest of Disney research).

They have a lot of collaboration with academia as well.

 

[Avixph]

That's not what free power looks like

Free power is supposed to look like this

That's just water.

 

[The Technomancer]

"room circled by capacitors" makes my eyebrows go up in a Disneyesque way

yeah that's the phrase where I went "wait...uhm"

 

[Mr. Poolman]

Nikola Tesla was able to build this in a cave... with a box of scraps... at the beginning of the 20th century!!!

 

[titiklabingapat]

Will make the limits on current physical battery obsolete if this scales up.

 

[Negaduck]

So Disney invented a pylon.

 

[Maddness]

So it's a cell phone charger, egg maker, and spermicide all one. That Disney magic.

 

[Sky Chief]

Too bad wireless charging causes butt cancer

 

[MisterHero]

That's just water.

Nuh uh it's energy

Someday everyone will fit into little computers and water can be a food substitute

 

[Valtýr]

I can see them installing this tech into their parks so people never have to worry about their phone dying.

 

[ChouGoku]

Disney research makes some cool things like the robot that can drive on walls, the real time emotion and inflection changer they can do on people, even the real time facial motion capture.

 

[Aztechnology]

This is pretty awesome.

 

[kadotsu]

What's the energy conversion efficiency of that apparatus?

 

[Avixph]

Nuh uh it's energy

Someday everyone will fit into little computers and water can be a food substitute

Hmmm.

 

[Zomba13]

I feel like you guys are glossing over the article's suggestion of free-roaming animatronics who will endlessly roam through the parks. No way to stop them, no way to turn them off. Eventually killing us all, of course.

 

[Ithil]

I feel like you guys are glossing over the article's suggestion of free-roaming animatronics who will endlessly roam through the parks. No way to stop them, no way to turn them off. Eventually killing us all, of course.

 

[andythinkpad]

So Disney was the Skynet all along.

 

[Soapbox Killer]

I'm good. I don't want this.

 

[Extra Sauce]

And thus hair cancer became a thing.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Twenty years later.
https://youtu.be/UwMgBftXOmE

 

[Kthulhu]

So Disney was the Skynet all along.

 

[Gallbaro]

What's the energy conversion efficiency of that apparatus?

It's typical EM -> AC, with high gain antenna, nothing special. The trick is they lowered the noise floor with the faraday cage room.

 

[newtypepilot]

I better stock up on disposable cameras!!

 

[fredrancour]

Cancer when?

accidentally microwaving a roomful of disneyland guests when?

 

[HStallion]

Disney doesn't really invent things but they are pretty good at implementation

Thought you said the implication and was thinking I should never get on another Disney cruise line

 

[Isotropy]

I just had a vision of the future. Thousands of people in white jumpsuits, marching forward in clean lines beneath a giant screen with a mouse head silhouette.

The tune to the Mickey Mouse Club plays over and over, forever..
Do-dodododo-do-dodododo
DO-DODO-DODO
Do-dodododo-do-dodododo
DO-DODO-DODO

Do-dodododo-do-dodododo
DO-DODO-DODO
Do-dodododo-do-dodododo
DO-DODO-DODO

Do-dodododo-do-dodododo
DO-DODO-DODO...

 

[Oppo]

I'm good. I don't want this.

Apple wants it though

Thought you said the implication and was thinking I should never get on another Disney cruise line

still true

 

[Dynomutt]

Will O' the Wisps Charging System. Very brave of them to look into this technology.

 

[baxter2231]

Tesla wouldnt be impressed he already did it

 

[Ponn]

As someone with a pacemaker i've always been wary of these wireless charging devices but whole rooms now kinda scare the shit out of me.

 

[RobertM]

Basically that on a large scale...nothing special if you ask me.

 

[aaaaa0]

Westworld called it!

It's not going to be a military or tech company that dooms humanity, but a theme park.

 

[Kickz]

Someone at Apple is fucking pissed right now.

THey'll come out with it a few years later and mention something about "courage"

 

[AxeMan]

Wireless power is a game changer people. Been saying it for years.

 

[wenis]

man, they're gunna love the data they scrape out of this.

Just imagine, everyone that has ever existed and will ever exist gets their own custom made disney princess purely generated by their internet search history.

 

[MJPIA]

Using Eq (8), the coupling coefficient (&#954 between the QSCR and the small square receive coil can be calculated for all positions in the room. This intermediate result, along with the measured Q-factor of the QSCR room (Q1) and square receiver coil (Q2), can be used in Eq (11) to predict wireless power transfer efficiency at any location in the room. The results are plotted in Fig 4c which shows power transfer efficiency for a horizontal 2D slice of the room. Since the magnetic field is invariant with respect to the z-height, the WPT efficiency is also invariant to the receiver’s z-position. A peak efficiency of 95% occurs when the receiver is placed near the pole and falls off to about 40% near the walls. This results in approximately 80% of the room’s 54 m3 total volume being able to deliver wireless power to a receiver at over of 40% efficiency.

So unless you've got everything right next to the pole you'll be wasting a ton of energy but hey at least you don't need to plug in 100% efficient wires anymore right?

 

[Captin Quacker]

I better stock up on disposable cameras!!

and witty one-liners

 

[tuxfool]

There was Startup that was also doing wireless power. They were called Witricity.

I don't know what happened to them, but at least their solution didn't require people to step into Faraday cages.

 

[MisterHero]

Wireless power is a game changer people. Been saying it for years.

Game changers are only cool for people who can afford an entire room in their house dedicated to it.

I guess one could declare all current houses are obselete and you're only cool if you have a wireless power room and a VR room.

And a 3D printing room for printable clothing and household goods

 

[TheMan]

I understand that im part of the problem but this scares the shit outta me

yeah, me too. seems like a potentially dangerous setup, but maybe a physics major can come along and make me look stupid for being worried.

 

[YesNOnoNOYes]

kinda cool, wants it for convenience. but afraid it will have untested side effects. waiting zone for now.

also is disney skynet with prettier princess outfit?

 

[BlazinSkatinAxel]

 

[Zeyphersan]

They're actually very well known in the designer community for investing in "forward-thinking" design and experiences through their R&D labs.

I always wonder what else they've cooked up but haven't shown to anyone yet.

Disney's R&D groups have been around for a long while, though primarily in stuff like animation, simulation, robotics, or rendering.

https://www.disneyresearch.com/research-areas/

They've been getting stronger over the years as they get more acquisitions, like Pixar after that purchase, and ILM's R&D group after the Lucasfilm purchase (though ILM's group is technically separate from the rest of Disney research).

They have a lot of collaboration with academia as well.

I knew they had a crap-ton of R&D, but were they rumored to be working on this at all? I know Apple and some others are, it's in the rumor mill all the time. Then Disney pops up and is all "Done!"

 

[phaonaut]

I swear there was a ted talk on this like 7 years ago.

Edit: https://youtu.be/j4sAzaKfbRc?t=454

 

[Gallbaro]

Game changers are only cool for people who can afford an entire room in their house dedicated to it.

I guess one could declare all current houses are obselete and you're only cool if you have a wireless power room and a VR room.

And a 3D printing room for printable clothing and household goods

But your phone won't work in that room.