The Dawn of Wireless Electricity Is Finally Upon Us. Here's How New Zealand Will Do It.

Picture the street outside your home. Now erase the power lines. Imagine interstate highways without the unsightly cable towers that dot the expansive United States landscape. This could be the wireless future of energy if a partnership between New Zealand’s government and a startup called Emrod works out—and it all dates back to the wildest dreams of Nikola Tesla. Wireless electricity sounds like science fiction, but the technology is already realized and primed for a utility-scale case study. And in this first-of-its-kind pilot program, Powerco—New Zealand’s second-largest electricity distributor—is testing Emrod technology since in 2021. [View in Browser]( [Popular Mechanics]( [SHOP]( [EXCLUSIVE]( [SUBSCRIBE]( [The Dawn of Wireless Electricity Is Finally Upon Us. Here's How New Zealand Will Do It.]( [The Dawn of Wireless Electricity Is Finally Upon Us. Here's How New Zealand Will Do It.]( Picture the street outside your home. Now erase the power lines. Imagine interstate highways without the unsightly cable towers that dot the expansive United States landscape. This could be the wireless future of energy if a partnership between New Zealand’s government and a startup called Emrod works out—and it all dates back to the wildest dreams of Nikola Tesla. Wireless electricity sounds like science fiction, but the technology is already realized and primed for a utility-scale case study. And in this first-of-its-kind pilot program, Powerco—New Zealand’s second-largest electricity distributor—is testing Emrod technology since in 2021. [Read More]( [Aliens Probably Already Found Us, But They Have Damn Good Reasons to Stay Hidden]( [Aliens Probably Already Found Us, But They Have Damn Good Reasons to Stay Hidden]( Aliens may have traveled far and wide, according to the Fermi paradox, but we’re not likely to find them. Here’s why they may be staying incognito, according to Neil deGrasse Tyson. [Read More]( [Alternate text] [Alternate text] [China Is Reportedly Recruiting Western Pilots to Beef Up Its Aircraft Carrier Tactics]( [China Is Reportedly Recruiting Western Pilots to Beef Up Its Aircraft Carrier Tactics]( Lured by easy money, ex-NATO military pilots are working in China—but will their efforts really matter in the long run? [Read More]( [Archaeologists Just Discovered a 400-Year-Old Swedish Warship Wreck. Now What?]( Archaeologists Just Discovered a 400-Year-Old Swedish Warship Wreck. Now What?]( Exposure to air can destroy an old wooden shipwreck, so archeologists have to think carefully about how to study the sunken Swedish warship Äpplet. [Read More]( [Alternate text] [Alternate text] [How a NASA Instrument Spotted 50 Methane ‘Super-Emitters’ From Space]( [How a NASA Instrument Spotted 50 Methane ‘Super-Emitters’ From Space]( EMIT found miles-long plumes of greenhouse gases around the globe. Is there anything we can do about it? [Read More]( [Gear of the Year: The Best Tools, Gadgets, and Accessories We Tested in 2022]( [Gear of the Year: The Best Tools, Gadgets, and Accessories We Tested in 2022]( Use this gear. Get more done. [Read More]( [Alternate text] [90-Day Transformation Challenge: Abs]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice/Notice at Collection]( PopularMechanics.com ©2022 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019