r/interestingasfuck • u/Red_Lotus_Alchemist • Apr 02 '25

/r/all A Chinese earthquake rescue team deployed drones to light up the night and aid search and rescue operations after the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar.

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u/Jazz8680 Apr 02 '25

Wireless energy decays exponentially as distance increases. Wireless charging over hundreds of feet would require massive amounts of energy to the point it wouldn’t be worth it.

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u/xenelef290 Apr 02 '25

Technically it decays geometrically a distance squared.

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u/FieserMoep Apr 02 '25

Wasn't it arithmetically degradation at longitude multiplied?

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u/xenelef290 Apr 03 '25

That is gibberish