Chapter 1580 [It will profoundly change people’s production and lifestyle]

Why can space solar power stations become a key for humans to enter the first-level planetary civilization? This is the answer.

Its birth can reduce the cost of space activities unprecedentedly. When this super project is completed in the next thirty years, it will bring extremely terrifying economic growth within the first hundred years.

Space solar power stations are not affected by weather, environment, and terrain. They can charge and store energy 24 hours a day, and then transmit energy wirelessly to receiving stations at any coordinate point on the ground through microwaves and lasers.

The electromagnetic waves produced by wireless power transmission technology are microwaves, and energy radiation belongs to electromagnetic radiation.

Electromagnetic waves are specifically divided into electromagnetic radiation and ionizing radiation.

The energy generated by electromagnetic radiation is low, and it will not cause the ionization of matter, that is, it will not cause the generation of charged particles. It mainly affects the molecular movement of matter, such as microwave ovens heating food through microwaves; the energy of ionizing radiation is high, enough to ionize matter at the microscopic scale, that is, electrons in atoms or molecules are stripped away, which can cause damage to human DNA.

Electromagnetic radiation will not cause harm to the human body unless it is exposed to an electromagnetic field with extremely high energy levels. The electromagnetic waves generated by mobile phones, WIFI, and microwave ovens in daily life are all electromagnetic radiation.

Ionizing radiation is different. For example, high-energy rays such as x-rays and gamma rays have high energy and frequency. This radiation has enough energy to interact with matter, causing electrons in atoms or molecules to be stripped away and forming charged particles, which can cause great damage to human DNA.

With the commissioning of space solar power stations, human production and life will also usher in earth-shaking changes. With the continuous iteration and miniaturization of energy receiver technology, and the continuous progress of energy transmission and distribution technology, the establishment of energy transmission classification standards will follow closely, and then the popularization of energy receiving base stations will follow.

The energy transmission classification standard has three distribution levels.

The first-level transmission is transferred in space. Because the earth is a spherical structure, to achieve wireless transmission of electricity at any location in the world, at least three transfer stations must be deployed on the synchronous orbit. The first-level transmission is the transfer station from the space solar power station to the synchronous orbit.

Secondary transmission is on the surface of the earth. For example, to provide wireless power transmission for the new city, it is necessary to establish a ground transfer station in the new city to receive energy from the space transfer station, then convert and transform it, and then transmit it to thousands of households through traditional wired methods.

Third-level transmission is a wireless energy base station for terminal devices, which is similar to the current 4G and 5G communication base stations. After a large number of energy wireless transmission base stations are laid and popularized, wireless power transmission support is provided for a series of terminal devices driven by electricity.

In addition, the three distribution levels also correspond to three energy level standards. Although electromagnetic radiation does not cause any harm to the human body, it is not absolutely harmless. The energy level is the key. The extremely high energy level of the electromagnetic field still causes great harm to the human body.

The energy level intensity corresponding to the three distribution levels is also greatly weakened in turn.

The highest energy level of primary transmission is the most terrifying. Any carbon-based organism cannot withstand it and will be killed instantly at the physical level. Think about high-energy laser weapons. As long as the power is large enough and the energy level is high enough, it can instantly gasify carbon-based organisms into molecular state. You must know that the other side of the space light power station is the terrifying space-based high-energy weapon. However, the first-level transmission is in space. Although it is terrifying, it is harmless unless it is used as a weapon to attack actively.

The energy level of the second-level transmission is greatly weakened, but it is still very harmful to fragile carbon-based life forms if they get too close. However, people can offset it as long as they are equipped with special protective clothing. Therefore, the second-level receiving station on the ground cannot be built directly in the city. It needs to be built more than 50 kilometers away from the city, and then the electricity is transmitted to the city through wired means for use by thousands of households.

The energy level of the third-level transmission is further greatly weakened, and the energy level intensity of its electromagnetic radiation has been reduced to a level that is harmless to carbon-based life. Not only can the third-level energy base station be popularized in cities where humans gather, it can even become a terminal consumer product, and there will definitely be such a product.

Mass consumers can buy such products, which are similar to the current home wireless router connecting mobile phones to wireless WIFI, and the wireless power transmission "router" can wirelessly power various electronic devices at home.

With the development of science and technology, many household electronic products in the future, such as lighting, computers, mobile phones, air conditioners, refrigerators, etc., will be upgraded with wireless modules as an indispensable standard configuration, and they can be connected to wireless WIFI as conveniently as mobile phones and computers now.

In the future, thousands of households will only need one wire to connect to the door of their homes. There is no need to lay various wires on the floors or walls of each room. Only a wireless power transmission "router" can solve the problem. The home version of this thing is definitely no more than 3,000 yuan, and if it is fully popularized, it can even be less than 1,000 yuan.

At present, for a house of about 120 square meters, the basic configuration of the wire budget is about 3,000 to 5,000 yuan. It depends on how to route the wires and the price of the wires. It is normal to do tens of thousands of yuan.

The price already has a huge advantage, not to mention the huge convenience advantage that traditional wires cannot match. If the wire is broken, it takes time and effort to check and replace it. The wireless power transmitter is also very simple and convenient to check and repair it.

It can be seen that the popularization of wireless power transmission technology will inevitably profoundly change people's production and lifestyle.

Bull sockets and the like will gradually be eliminated or become only emergency items, resulting in a sharp drop in market share and becoming niche products. It is not your peers who will defeat you, but a dimensionality reduction attack from across the industry.

It is certain that some industries will be eliminated, but it will also give rise to new application scenarios and new industrial chains.

In the future, airplanes, high-speed trains, cars, etc., as long as they are electric vehicles, they can be wirelessly charged at any time and anywhere, without the anxiety of power outages.

In the new energy vehicle department of Xingyu Technology under Qunxing, there is currently a team working on the miniaturization of wireless power transmission and reception technology, and this R\u0026D team has been established for several years. There are many similar R\u0026D teams, all of which are making technical reserves.

Otherwise, where does the company's annual R\u0026D expenditure of hundreds of billions of yuan go? It is spent in these places.

Now Xingyu Technology has made great breakthroughs in the field of wireless power transmission technology and has already applied it.

The first one is its STAR series of smartphone products. Wireless charging is already a standard technology. Now when you buy the latest generation of STAR series smartphones, there is an additional wireless charging base in the accessories.

Now, users of STAR series smartphones basically do not need to use data cables to charge. They will automatically charge when placed on the wireless charging base. As long as the reverse charging function is turned on, one phone can charge another phone in an emergency.

At present, such wireless charging function is no longer considered a black technology. The flagship phones of other major smartphone manufacturers also have wireless charging function, but Xingyu Technology's technology is more powerful and it has mastered wireless fast charging technology first.

The next target technology breakthrough point is obviously to remove the wireless charging base so that the phone can be wirelessly charged whether it is placed in a pocket, on the sofa, or on the table.

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