I’ve recently gotten a few emails concerning a new LEGO lights Kickstarter project called i-Brix which the creator states to be an industry-first lighting system to be used with LEGO. These lights have no wires but uses a Power Plate that go underneath the building surface and power is transmitted wirelessly. It seems like a neat concept as you don’t have to build around the wires so if you’re interested, head over to the link above for more details about i-Brix. You can also check out a video of the project below.
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Wow! Those look really cool! I hope this Kickstarter project is successful!
These look really cool but I’m going to wait on their safety tests. There’s a reason why Tesla’s wireless power never saw use. “Wireless power” depends on pulsing an electromagnetic field through a conductor. Since the human body counts as a conductor in this system, it can be dangerous. There’s no way to “beam” the power directly to the individual lights. 🙂
I don’t think there’s anything to worry about, Eric. This isn’t really like Tesla’s “beamed power”. (Besides, the reason it never saw use had more to do with the difficulty Edison, etc. would have had metering such power.) This works like a wireless cell phone charger plate — but at extremely low power levels. The LEDs pull so little power that shock or fire is really not a reasonable concern. (The most dangerous connection here is probably the one between the power supply and the wall socket, in fact.) As someone on the Kickstarter’s comments forum pointed out, your microwave oven puts out an electromgnetic field that is much, MUCH more powerful.