Turn radio waves into power!

Turn radio waves into power!

RF power harvesting was shown at CES this year by several companies.  What is RP power harvesting?  It is the act of setting up an antenna pointing it at a radio tower of some sort and sucking electricity right out of the air!  Cool!  Intel researchers in Seattle did the little experiment above and were able to power a digital thermometer (about the equivelant of a AAA) off of electricity they pulled straight from the air with their antenna pointed toward a TV tower. ...