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Re: witricity legality?

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Originally Posted by bduddy View Post
From what I can tell, they are not proposing to use this system to generate power, but to transmit power (presumably from the 12v battery). I don't think there's anything illegal about it, but... why, exactly, do you (the original poster) need it? Not that that's ever a good reason not to try something new, but there seem to be some disadvantages to this system...
Oh, ok. That makes much more sense, and powering sensors with it would definitely be a useful application. I wonder if you'd have to get FCC clearance to run such a device, since it uses the airwaves.