Powering Makerspace Wirelessly: Opportunities and Challenges

摘要

Different infrastructures have been proposed for the setup of a makerspace. This platform space for learning and innovation has a variety of open access resource to share knowledge, tools, and equipment. One of the common problem in makerspace is the large number of cables, plugs, and sockets being used which not only create safety concerns such as electric shock hazards but also a space management issues. The objective of this paper is to explore powering makerspace wiressly, a process that can expand offering much more opportunities to the learners than the network available today. Wireless power transfer (WPT) contains rich research problems of important applications yet to be studied. Delivering wireless power to different devices used in a makerspace will certainly enable new experience with this new educational platform that transforms the way learners work and establish collaboration