Korea constructs road that wirelessly charges moving electric buses

[Seungslut]

 

An electric bus that charges its batteries while driving (rather than while sitting idle in a charging station) is no longer science fiction.

Researchers at Korea’s Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) recently constructed a seven and a half mile stretch of asphalt roadway in the city of Gumi in South Korea with specialized electric cables designed to power batteries on a moving passenger bus.

The first of it’s kind technology doesn’t need the vehicles to stop at a point to charge.

The bus’s batteries are equipped with a novel technology called “Shaped Magnetic Field In Resonance†that sends electromagnetic fields created by the electric cables buried in the asphalt to the bus but not normal cars.

The technology recognizes vehicles capable of accepting the electric charge and those that cannot.

A coil in the battery can turn the  electromagnetic fields into electricity at a distance of more than half a foot above the road.

 

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This shit is pretty cool.   

[snsdope]

Wow.... AND WE STILL USE GAS IN AMERICA... fml

[Ron Swanson]

Thats so cool :o

[FTI63]

that's actually the most amazing thing 

[Tokki the Awkward Potato]

the future is coming

[CHRIS]

That is pretty freaking cool.

[denizen mars]

very cool.

what I really want is maglev tech, though :D

[Gooey]

Wow, that's awesome.

 

The world's technology is constantly improving, It never fails to amaze me.

[Seungslut]

Wow.... AND WE STILL USE GAS IN AMERICA... fml

Well, we do have electric cars, except that the limited battery usage is a bit of a hassle, but using the  â€œShaped Magnetic Field In Resonance†it totally eliminates that issue. Imagine if we had highways of this shit   

[heuieuu]

Well, we do have electric cars, except that the limited battery usage is a bit of a hassle, but using the  â€œShaped Magnetic Field In Resonance†it totally eliminates that issue. Imagine if we had highways of this shit   

Imagine the cost of building all that

[sane]

Wow.... AND WE STILL USE GAS IN AMERICA... fml

 

We do actually have cars that charge on the go like that in the US, but they're hybrids, so you still have to buy gas every few weeks. Probably because big oil would throw a hissy fit and destroy the entire pacific ocean just to spite us 

[Ludjmytastic22]

wow that's pretty amazing

[Dandelion Wine]

The future is here

[PurpleViolets]

That's really cool.  It sounds really expensive but I guess the environmental benefits outweigh the financial costs.

[#risejessica]

Imagine the cost of building all that

I think it's a good investment, but only if the ROI doesn't take too much time etc.

Also you have to take longevity/efficiency into the equation but not having to import gas is a nice trade-off, I guess? Not to mention the environmentally hazardous methods of obtaining them like fracking 

[Seulo]

that's so cool

[Kissung]

Awesome! Now all I need is a teleportation device and I'm good.

[v-o-lume-up]

One step closer to 

 

 

[mistakesweremade]

Thats pretty fucking cool.

[solis]

Ooh, fancy.

[Chunface]

thats cool

[mochichan]

Make this happen in US please

Gas prices make me want to cry

[kokotoro]

can I charge my phone, too? lol

[Allegra]

KAIST people being savvy as always.

[Vanilla21]

Cool technology! They can save more gas and less pollution.