257m@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoIf you have the chance to have a one-hour conversation with any historical figure. Who do you choose and what questions would you ask?message-squaremessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up171arrow-down1message-squareIf you have the chance to have a one-hour conversation with any historical figure. Who do you choose and what questions would you ask?257m@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square74fedilinkfile-text
Note: You are not restricted by language. You gain the ability to temporarily understand and speak their language.
minus-squareStarb3an@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoAssuming they’re not restricted in any means I’d talk to Biden and ask if we’ve had contact with aliens. Other than that, I’d talk to Nicholas Tesla and try to get wireless energy transmission
minus-squaretetraodon@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoMy electric toothbrush can do that. No, not the alien contact.
minus-squareStarb3an@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoWireless power transmission over long distances*
minus-squaretetraodon@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agohttps://spectrum.ieee.org/solar-power
minus-squareStarb3an@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoGood read! I always thought inductive current from dragging a wire through Earth’s magnetic field to be underutilized in space.
minus-squareOcelot@lemmies.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI think theres nothing stopping this from being possible. Its just VERY expensive and really lossy/inefficient. wires are really great by comparison.
minus-squareStarb3an@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoTrue. I figured with his notes there would be new ideas drawn from them
Assuming they’re not restricted in any means I’d talk to Biden and ask if we’ve had contact with aliens.
Other than that, I’d talk to Nicholas Tesla and try to get wireless energy transmission
My electric toothbrush can do that.
No, not the alien contact.
Wireless power transmission over long distances*
https://spectrum.ieee.org/solar-power
Good read! I always thought inductive current from dragging a wire through Earth’s magnetic field to be underutilized in space.
I think theres nothing stopping this from being possible. Its just VERY expensive and really lossy/inefficient. wires are really great by comparison.
True. I figured with his notes there would be new ideas drawn from them