My opportunity has to do with a more efficient way of charging laptops, particularly going full wireless. There are some “wireless” options out there, but they are more like battery packs that you still have to charge into a wall, and then you can carry that and plug into your laptop. My idea is full on wireless.
Its going to be using sometime simple: A USB flash drive wireless laptop charger (a little bit larger in size for a specific purpose)
How it works: So essentially it’s going to be a USB flash drive (except this one doesn’t store files, it’s to establish a connection, like how sometimes you need a wireless USB stick to connect to the internet, its exactly like that) you plug into your laptop, and as long as you have connection to a network the USB is going to begin charging your laptop wirelessly. The connection can come from the hotspot from your phone, restaurants, basically anywhere you can get into a network. If you’ve heard of Power over Ethernet (PoE), its essentially that concept (not entirely the same method) except wirelessly. What is Power of Ethernet? It’s a standard or system which pass electric power along with data on twisted pair Ethernet cabling. This allows an ethernet cable to give both data connection and electric power to devices such as wireless access points, IP cameras, and phones.
Glaring problem right now would be: What if you can’t connect to a network?
This is where it would be a little impractical (overnight maintenance/ charging) but would help: Once the USB drive detects the laptop is 100% charged, the flash USB drive will act as a battery reserve (which is why it has to be a little bit bigger than the average USB drive, it'll hold a little battery), meaning: the flash drive will hold reserves for up to 1 hour of charging. So, if the flash drive doesn’t connect to a network but does have battery life it’ll use it as “life support” for your laptop.
The other issue would be the multiple dongles (USB 3.0, thunderbolt, USB type C) and ports laptops have.
My solution to this would be to just give adapters to attach to the USB flash drive. Also depending on the connection this would allow for faster charging speeds. The adapters would sort of be like those micro SD to SD card adapters. So, I would plug in whatever adapter I needed into the USB drive and then plug it into the port I need on the laptop. The adapters would come with the product.
Hello Raul!
ReplyDeleteI think this solution is so innovative and would be great for the future in technology. This post answers one of the questions I posted on your last blog concerning size. A USB drive is small and lightweight. therefore, you can bring it anywhere. A potential problem I see with this opportunity is that I think there would be a lot of glitches in the first coupe months of this invention release. I enjoyed reading, thanks.
Mackenzie
This idea is genius. For my big list I wrote about realizing that my laptop is low on battery when I need to use it, so this product would help me tremendously. Wireless charging is still in its infancy, so I would not expect this product any time soon, but I will definitely buy it once it does come out.
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