TWD Industries AG
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Mars 2022
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TWD Industries AG
TWD Industries AG is seeking equity capital to fund the initial implementation of its lossless wireless
technology, or WET, a revolutionary technological accomplishment that was first envisioned by Nikola
Tesla over a century ago and that, until now, has remained unfulfilled.
We will use these funds to prove that we can transfer electrical power wirelessly (that is, without the need
for cables or other physical medium), safely and securely and through physical obstacles, to a fixed power
receptor placed at a significant distance from the power source. To our knowledge, to date, no one has
even come close to successfully carrying out such an experiment, as the competing technologies currently
being pursued all have very significant shortcomings.
After the initial implementation of our disruptive technology, we intend to raise additional funds to scale
up the application of WET with the ultimate goal of applying it on an industrial scale, by wirelessly linking
energy plants to all their remote consumers.
As WET is implemented on an industrial scale, we believe its applications are potentially limitless, from
powering stationary receptors of energy, such as appliances, homes and buildings, to powering mobile
energy receptors, such as cars, trains, hand-held devices, airplanes, ships, submarines or satellites.
It is our belief that WET will ultimately render the antiquated and inefficient energy grid we all continue
to rely on since 1882 (the year in which Thomas Edison opened the first power plant in New York City)
obsolete, thereby drastically reducing energy waste and the environmental pollution associated with it,
greatly accelerating the electrification of developing countries, creating significant wealth for providers of
electrical power and consumers alike, and, ultimately, improving living conditions across the globe.
With appropriate funding, TWD Industries AG will be able to ensure that WET is delivered in a safe,
secure, clean and sustainable way, such that it will not expose human and other living things to the health
risks typically associated with wireless transmission of energy, and will not be vulnerable to theft, hacking
or other unwanted human intervention.
We seek CHF 15,000,000 in funding, which will be placed in escrow for the protection of our investors
and released gradually over time only upon the achievement of agreed milestones that will unequivocally
prove the viability and virtues of our WET.
Table of Contents
Important Notices...............................................................................................................................2
ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION........................................................................................6
The Basics..................................................................................................................6
Electricity.........................................................................................................................................................6
Electricity Generation.......................................................................................................................................6
Electricity Transmission and Distribution.........................................................................................................7
Wireless Transmission......................................................................................................................................8
Wireless Power vs. Wireless Communication...................................................................................................9
Nikola Tesla and Beyond..........................................................................................10
Near-field, non-radiative technologies............................................................................................................10
Radiative, far-field technologies.....................................................................................................................11
The Current State of Things.....................................................................................11
OUR LOSSLESS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY (LWT).....................................................13
How it Works............................................................................................................13
Empirical Evidence..................................................................................................13
Grounding.................................................................................................................14
LWT’S VIRTUES AND IMPLICATIONS..........................................................................15
LWT is environmentally friendly (no emissions), is not capital intensive (no relays)
and is very efficient (no transmission losses and very low power consumption)....15
LWT is Secure..........................................................................................................16
Range of Applications..............................................................................................16
CAPITAL RAISE AND USE OF PROCEEDS....................................................................19
INVESTMENT PHASES.....................................................................................................21
THE COMPETITION..........................................................................................................22
WiTricity...................................................................................................................22
Emrod.......................................................................................................................22
Unlike Emrod, LWT does not rely on a line of sight. It traverses matter seamlessly
(our video shows how two Faraday cages are traversed by a 5 Volt current) without
interruption, and does not require either alignment or relays...................................23
Reasonance...............................................................................................................23
Unlike Reasonance, our alignment-free LWT can transmit at several tens of meters
(without suffering any transmission losses) with weak currents (5 Volts) at lower
frequencies and without electronic components, which would be required only to
maintain the link between the endpoints when the distance increases further, or if
the receiver is moving..............................................................................................23
Tesla Motors.............................................................................................................23
RISK FACTORS..................................................................................................................25
Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry...........................................................25
We Are a Startup.......................................................................................................25
Market Acceptance...................................................................................................25
Implementation of Subsequent Investment Phases..................................................25
Reliance of Third Party Contractors...............................................................................................................25
Field Conditions.............................................................................................................................................26
Fulfillment of Customer Orders......................................................................................................................26
Regulation......................................................................................................................................................26
Suppliers.........................................................................................................................................................27
Competition....................................................................................................................................................27
Inability to Manage Growth............................................................................................................................27
Patent Protection.............................................................................................................................................28
Risks Relating to the Offering..................................................................................28
Dilution.....................................................................................................................28
Use of Proceeds........................................................................................................28
Dividends..................................................................................................................28
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION..................................................................29
REGULATION.....................................................................................................................30
MANAGEMENT.................................................................................................................31
Pierre Gauthier..........................................................................................................31
ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION
The Basics
Electricity
Electricity is the physical flow of electrons (subatomic particles, generally negative in charge, that orbit
the nucleus of an atom) in a stream called current through a conducting medium, such as a metal, acid or
similar conductor. Current is a count of the number of electrons flowing through such medium.
There are two types of electricity: alternating current (or AC), the type of electricity commonly used in
homes and businesses throughout the world; and direct current (or DC). While DC flows in one direction
through a wire, AC alternates its direction from positive to negative and vice versa in a back-and-forth
motion. The AC electric generator (or alternator) determines the frequency (i.e., the rate per second at
which AC electricity alternates its direction) in Hertz. That rate is 50 or 60 times per second, depending on
the electric system of the country or continent: for example, 50 Hertz in Europe and 60 Hertz in North
America. What is special about AC electricity is that the voltage can be readily changed (higher or lower,
by the use of a transformer), thus making it more suitable for long-distance transmission than DC
electricity. (One notable exception to this, is the State Grid Corporation of China, which has deployed
UHV 1.1 million Volt DC to transmit five times more power than conventional lines over longer distances,
at lower costs.) AC also can employ devices such as capacitors and inductors in electronic circuitry, which
can affect the way AC passes through a circuit, allowing for a wide range of applications. For example, a
combination of a capacitor, inductor and resistor is used as a tuner in radios and televisions. Without those
devices, tuning to different stations would be very difficult. The below depicts the sine waveform AC
electricity typically follows in alternating between positive (+) and negative (−), as measured with a
voltmeter or multimeter.
DC electricity is found in almost all electronics. AC and DC, however, do not mix very well, and AC will
need to be transformed to DC before most electronics can be plugged into a wall outlet.
Electricity Generation
There are three stages of electric power supply: generation, transmission and distribution.
Most commonly, electric current is generated through electro-magnetic conversion, by moving an electric
conductor, such as a wire, inside a magnetic field. For example, in a generator connected to a turbine, the
turbine provides the motion required to move the conductor in the generator. The energy for motion can
come from various technologies, such as wind turbines, hydropower, or the steam created from heat
produced in fossil fuel (natural gas or coal) or nuclear fission combustion. Electricity can also be
generated through chemical reaction (for example, in a battery or fuel cell) or solid-state conversion, using
the structure and properties of a (specially constructed) solid consisting of different molecules packed
closely together that create an electric current when stimulated, such as a solar photovoltaic (PV) cell. The
first power plant, owned by Thomas Edison, opened in New York City in 1882.
Electricity is the same, regardless of how it is produced. The rate at which electricity is produced is
referred to as a watt. The quantity of energy used over a certain period of time is referred to as kilowatt-
hour (or kWh). A watt is the product of a volt and an ampere (or amp), where a volt designates the size of
the force that sends the electrons through a circuit, and an amp the unit used to measure electric current.
Voltage can be thought of as the pressure of water flowing through pipes, whereas amps as a unit of
measure indicating the volume of water moving past a certain point. That is also a function of resistance:
one amp is the amount of current produced by a force of one volt acting through the resistance of one
ohm. An ohm is a way of measuring resistance. For example, a certain length of copper wire, which is a
good conductor, has a resistance of .0000017 ohms, while the same length of Sulfur, which is a very poor
conductor, has a resistance of 200,000,000,000,000,000 ohms.
While water dams can be used to delay electricity generation until needed (by releasing water into
turbines) and battery capacity is improving at a fast pace, storing large quantities of electricity is still not
economically viable with current technologies, therefore when electricity is produced it must be used
immediately. For this reason, the grid must be managed continuously to balance electricity supply with
demand. The below depicts where electricity is generated from in the United States.
Depending on the source of electricity, electricity production can have significant environmental and
health impacts. Fossil fuel resources, like coal and natural gas, although carbon intensive, are the most
convenient sources used to generate power (e.g., thermal power) to meet consumer demand at any given
time and place as burning fossil fuels can be operated anywhere as they can easily be transported and
stored. Thermal generation sources, however, produce air pollutants that can cause significant harm to
human health and contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions. Renewable sources of electricity, like
solar and wind, do not produce direct carbon emissions (except to manufacture, transport and replace
parts), but generate electricity only on an intermittent or variable basis, and consumers must be nearby to
limit transmission losses so there are limitations also to deployment.
Electricity Transmission and Distribution
Most electricity is generated by power plants at 13,200 to 24,000 volts. When electricity comes out of a
generating station, the transmission substation located there (step-up transmission substation) steps up the
voltages to the range of 138,000-765,000 volts. After electrical power is generated, it is transmitted over
distances using transmission lines. Transmission lines are constructed between transmission substations
and may be supported overhead on towers or they may be underground. They are operated at high
voltages. They send out large amounts of electrical power and extend over considerable distances.
Energy grids are operated at high voltage to reduce the energy transmission losses which occur in long-
distance transmission (amounting to many of billions of dollars per year in the U.S. alone).
Within an operating area, transmission substations (step-down transmission substations) reduce the
transmitted voltage to 34,500-138,000 volts, so it can be sent on smaller power lines. The distribution
system connects the transmission system to the customer’s equipment. The distribution substation further
reduces the transmitted electrical voltage to 2,400-19,920 volts. A distribution transformer then reduces
the voltage to make the power safe to use in homes. The process of transmission and distribution also
generates energy conversion losses and further emissions.
Wireless Transmission
Wireless power transfer or transmission (or WPT) and wireless energy transmission (or WET) are generic
terms for a number of different technologies used for transmitting energy by means of electromagnetic
fields, without a physical link (be it a wire or battery). While all WET technologies allow for transmission
of electrical energy without a physical link, they differ in:
the type of electromagnetic energy they use (e.g., time varying electric fields, magnetic fields,
radio waves, microwaves, infrared or visible light waves);
the distance over which they can transfer power efficiently; and
whether the transmitter must be aimed at the receiver (i.e., alignment).
In general, a wireless power system consists of a transmitter device connected to a source of power (such
as a mains power line), which converts the power to a time-varying electromagnetic field, and a receiver,
which receives the power being transmitted through space (i.e., extract it from the field) and converts it
back to DC or AC electric current for use by an electrical load (i.e., the electrical component or portion of
a circuit, such as a light or electrical appliance, that consumes electric power).
At the transmitter the input power is converted to an oscillating electromagnetic field by some type of
antenna device (which may be a coil of wire generating a magnetic field, a metal plate generating an
electric field, an actual antenna radiating radio waves, or a laser generating light). A similar antenna or
coupling device at the receiver converts the oscillating fields to an electric current. Because these waves
travel at the speed of light (of 300,000 km per second), the frequency is proportional to the wavelength.*
* Wavelength = (transmission speed: 300,000 km/second) / (frequency: 3 GHz) = 3x108 / 3x109 = 0.1 meter (10
centimeters).
The wavelength determines the size of the antenna, which matters for reasons ranging from health (a
chosen size would not interfere with live creatures) to performance (lower frequencies deliver a longer
range).
Historically, the trend has been to increase frequencies (decreasing antenna size) in an attempt to deliver
higher bandwidth and lower latencies (at the expense of the transmission range):
Source: Envisioning Device-to-Device Communications in 6G (2019)
The trend toward diminishing ranges is suboptimal (as it requires a multitude of relays, each adding
latency and increasing energy consumption) and any technical solution to that persistent issue would be a
most welcome breakthrough given the ever-increasing problems caused by ever-higher frequencies.
Wireless Power vs. Wireless Communication
Today, wireless power usually relies on the same fields and waves used by wireless communication
devices, like radio, a familiar technology involving electric energy transmitted without wires by
electromagnetic fields and is used in cell phones, radio and television broadcasting, and Wi-Fi.
In radio communication, however, the goal is the transmission of information, so the amount of power
reaching the receiver is not critical, as long as it is sufficient to allow for the information to be received
intelligibly.
In contrast, with wireless power transfer the amount of energy received is what matters, so the efficiency
(i.e., the fraction of transmitted energy that is received) is the more significant parameter. Unfortunately,
conventional wireless power technologies are more limited by distance than wireless communication
technologies. Whether conditions also matter, as the water in clouds, fog, rain and snow absorbs radio
waves, further reducing the amount of power that can reach receivers.
Nikola Tesla and Beyond
The 19th century saw the development of several theories on how electrical energy might be transmitted.
These culminated, at the turn of the century, with Nikola Tesla using resonant inductive coupling, also
known as electro-dynamic induction, to wirelessly light up phosphorescent and incandescent lamps.
In 1897, Tesla patented the Tesla coil, a high-voltage, spark-excited radio frequency resonant transformer
which, by transferring electrical energy from a primary coil to a secondary coil by resonant induction, was
capable of producing very high AC voltages at high frequency. Initially, Tesla attempted to develop a
wireless lighting system based on near-field (short-range) inductive and capacitive coupling, and
conducted a series of public demonstrations where he lit Geissler tubes and even incandescent light bulbs
from across a stage. He then found that he could increase the distance at which he could light a lamp by
using a receiving LC circuitan electric circuit consisting of an inductor (represented by the letter L) and
a capacitor (represented by the letter C) connected together – tuned to resonance with the transmitter’s LC
circuit, using resonant inductive coupling. Tesla managed to power light bulbs from more than two miles
away with a 140-foot Tesla coil, but in the process he burned out the dynamo at the local powerplant and
plunged the entire town of Colorado Springs into a blackout. Tesla failed to make a commercial product
out of his findings, but his resonant inductive coupling method is now widely used in electronics and is
currently being applied to near-field wireless power systems.
U.S. Patent No. 645576:
Nikola Tesla, System of transmission of electrical energy (1897)
Near-field, non-radiative technologies
Near-field inductive power transfer between nearby wire coils was the earliest wireless power technology
to be developed.
With the advent of cordless devices, induction charging stands have been developed for appliances used in
wet environments, like electric toothbrushes and electric razors, to eliminate the hazard of electric shock.
In the early 1960s, resonant inductive wireless energy transfer was used to recharge the batteries of
implantable medical devices, such as pacemakers and artificial hearts. The proliferation of wireless
communication devices such as mobile phones, tablets, laptop computers and even electric cars in recent
decades is currently driving the development of mid-range wireless powering and charging technology to
eliminate the need for these devices to be tethered to wall plugs during charging.
Near-field power transfer suffers transmission losses proportional to the square of the distance, which
limits the exploitable range to short distances. Even the most recent mid-range power transfer technology
is currently limited to 5 to 6 meters, when operated with financially-bearable transmission losses.
Radiative, far-field technologies
The development of microwave technology during World War II made radiative (far-field) methods
practical for the first time albeit for radars and telecommunications. Radio waves could not be used for
power transmission since they spread out in all directions and are absorbed and/or diffracted by obstacles
(such as water, metal, or mountains), such that little energy reaches the receiver.
More efficient power transmission required transmitters that could generate higher-frequency microwaves,
which could be focused in narrow beams towards a receiver. In 1964, William C. Brown invented the
rectenna, which could efficiently convert microwaves to DC power, and demonstrated it with the first
wireless-powered aircraft, a model helicopter powered by microwaves beamed from the ground. This
technology, however, also had a limited range as it suffered transmission losses and could only operate
without obstacles between the transmitter and the receiver.
A major motivation for microwave research in the 1970s and 1980s was to develop a solar power satellite,
which would harvest energy from sunlight using solar cells and beam it down as microwaves to huge
rectennas on Earth, which in turn would convert the microwaves to electrical energy on the electric power
grid. More recently, a focus of research has been the development of wireless-powered drone aircrafts.
Yet, microwaves share many of the same limitations that affect radio waves (limited range, transmission
losses, absorption by fog, clouds, rain, trees and other physical obstacles).
The Current State of Things
A major issue associated with a wired power system are transmission and distribution losses. The
percentage of loss - which is related to the resistance of the wires used in the grid and other lesser factors
such as the weather - ranges from 5% (in Switzerland) to almost 60% (in Africa). For this reason, Nikola
Tesla had proposed methods of electricity transmission using a wireless electromagnetic induction
method.
The basic working principle of wireless power transfer is that two objects entering in resonance by
synchronizing frequency and modulation tend to equilibrate their energy, while dissipating relatively little
energy to the extraneous off-resonant objects.
This method can be involved in a multitude of applications and is reliable, efficient, low-cost and safe, as
it is galvanically isolated (i.e., the output power circuit is electrically and physically isolated from the
input power circuit). However, currently available technology still suffers from high power loss,
absorption by tangible obstacles, and non-directionality, and is therefore highly inefficient for long
distances.
OUR LOSSLESS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY (WET)
How it Works
With TWD Industries AG’s WET two wireless endpoints synchronize their state (frequency and
modulation) to establish a link. Any energy excess is transferred from one side to the other, until both
sides are balanced (or one side has cut the link by breaking the synchronization). Modulating the
signal allows to transmit data at the same time energy is sent.
In contrast to LTE/5G (and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.):
the energy consumption and the CO2 emissions are immensely reduced because there is no
need for multitudes of relays;
the energy source does not broadcast energy all around, rather, the energy is fetched by the
receiver in a straight line. Acting like a fishing net the link captures synchronized neutrinos, so
the receiver gets more energy than it consumes from the energy source. Assuming nothing else
is siphoning the energy field by acting as an antenna, the energy gains may be proportional to
the length of the link;
the signal traverses physical objects, such as metal and water, without loss of energy and thus
without the need for relays (as there is no absorption and no diffraction);
latency is much lower than with 5G wireless networks, as there are no relays (each relay
injecting 5-10 milliseconds of latency). (Latency is the delay between two data packets and is
key for the Internet of Things, or IoT, the network of physical devices around the world that
are now connected to the internet, all collecting and sharing data);
bandwidth can be achieved at much lower frequencies, due to the ability to transmit in parallel
instead of serially. This is done by modulating frequency and wavelength independently, which
then changes the transmission speed. The benefits of low frequencies are a much reduced
energy consumption, longer ranges, and no detrimental impact on life.
the range is potentially unlimited, without transmission losses (as there is no diffraction or
absorption).
Empirical Evidence
We have made a video that provides empirical evidence of how our WET technology works. The
proof-of-concept experiment involves three cables:
a wall power-plug cable (at 220 volts) powering a 5 Volts off-the-shelf generator;
a power-supply cable going to the wireless source of energy; and
a grounding cable between the wireless endpoints, both of which are enclosed in Faraday
cages (i.e., enclosure that block electromagnetic fields, in this case, two metal waste basket at
the energy source and a metal file box at the receiving end). This is done to show that the
energy travels through metal wirelessly and without losses (a feat that radio, micro, and
millimeter waves cannot achieve).
Grounding
The two power cables have two lines, one positive (+) and one negative (-), whereas the grounding
cable has only one line.
Nikola Tesla’s patent also relied on grounding. His 10kW wireless transmission reached 42 km
(approximately 27 miles) with grounding. The transmission range he achieved was directly related to
the quality of the grounding because, at the time, Tesla did not have the technology to precisely “tune”
frequencies and so, without grounding, he would lose the link and break the range.
Grounding makes it easier to establish the link between the endpoints and to keep the link if the
endpoints move after the link has been established. Grounding could also be accomplished with water,
instead of using a one-line cable.
Our experiment could be done without grounding, but it would then require a lot more work tuning
the frequency to establish the link, because the required increments would be much smaller and there
would be no visible range of LED lightening or dimming. It would look more like an “on” and “off”
experiment, due to the lack of precision of the standard, inexpensive and manually-operated
equipment used to conduct the experiment, which could lead the observer to erroneously conclude
that the experiment did not work.
In order to make the experiment work without a grounding cable, we would have to either precisely
pre-calculate the conditions required to establish the link between the endpoints or use a precise,
custom-made and therefore much more expensive tuner that would automatically find the proper
conditions for the link to be established.
WET’S VIRTUES AND IMPLICATIONS
WET is environmentally friendly (no emissions), is not capital intensive (no relays) and is very
efficient (no transmission losses and very low power consumption)
Governments all over the world are looking for ways to achieve economic growth while improving
livelihoods in a sustainable way that both reduces pollution and waste and tackles the climate
emergency.
Our WET (1) operates independently from the energy-grid and the public telecom networks, (2) is
immune to transmission losses, (3) requires far less energy than conventional methods of
transmission, and (4) has a potentially infinite range, without need for batteries, relays or satellites.
Further, energy consumers will (5) wirelessly “fetch” wireless energy (possibly from several energy
sources), without latency, instead of collecting 360-degree broadcasted electricity.
This would immensely reduce the costs of combustible transport and the energy losses, pollution and
greenhouse gas emissions generated by energy grids, telecommunication infrastructure and related
manufacturing. After a transition period, pipelines, tankers and energy grids would largely become
obsolete, greatly limiting carbon dioxide (CO2) production. A more efficient energy use also would
reduce the need for energy extraction and related costs.
Power plants, which are now near towns to minimize the energy waste from transmission, could be
placed at any distance from consumers, such that toxic emissions and the hazard coming from the
vicinity of a power source would no longer be a threat to mankind and wild life.
Renewal energy sources (solar, hydro, geothermal) would no longer be limited by the distance
separating them from the consumers; a severe limitation currently.
There would no longer be need for major physical infrastructure, which heavily depends on the
current, voltage, conductors, transformers, and distance, as well as weather conditions (one just needs
to look at the impact that an ice storm had on the Texas’ power grid in February 2021). The traditional
centralized electric grid infrastructure requires significant investment for its maintenance, upgrade and
operation, which has been continually driving up the cost of grid power. In 2018, the U.S. Energy
Information Administration (EIA) projected that grid power prices in the U.S. for all classes of
customers, including commercial and industrial, would increase by over 40% through 2026.
The cost of delivering energy would dramatically decrease, allowing for the electrification of
developing countries (such as Africa, Asia and India), greater mobility, and much needed enhanced
distribution capacity (e.g., for the bustling electric vehicle (EV) industry, which at present is heavily
dependent of lithium, a critical mineral in the batteries that power EVs).
We believe that energy plants of all types (coal, oil, gas, nuclear and renewable) would see an
immediate increase in revenue as they would no longer need to transport and transform energy and
will be able to do so instantly, globally and without waste. Already enhanced by the removal of
today’s transmission losses, their margins would significantly grow as the “magnifying effect”
discovered by Nikola Tesla a century ago (whereby the energy generated by a power supply is
magnified by altering the motion of free electrons) would allow energy plants to provide less energy
than requested by end-users. (We believe, by a factor of 3 to 5, but longer distances could lead to even
better ratios.)
WET Travels Losslessly Through Metals and Water
Unlike today’s wireless technologies, which broadcast a signal serially in all directions and are
absorbed by metal and water, WET follows a straight line between synchronized participants, over
great distances. Operating without relays, WET can also transmit data with many different receivers in
parallel, by modulating frequency and wavelength independently, something that radio waves cannot
accomplish.
WET is Secure
WET’s post-quantum” security protects the energy while in transit (against both quantum and
classical computers), without exposing it to sabotage or clandestine interception, and even signal
detection, blocking or jamming. In contrast to 5G, which can easily be jammed, each WET link is
completely independent from other links, even when using the same frequency range, which cannot
be saturated or interfered with.
Some years ago, a public outcry was raised by the remote hacking of a few pacemakers and insulin
pumps, which placed the lives of the implant holders at risk. The same concerns apply today to
connected vehicles, which can be hacked remotely, placing the lives of drivers, passengers, as well as
pedestrians, at risk.
The infrastructure of energy grids also is vulnerable to physical damage (from natural disasters, as
well as sabotage) and logical damage (from computer malware, and cyber-attacks such as Stuxnet). In
February 2021, an ice storm brought Texas’ power grid to its knees, leaving parts of the state in the
dark for over a week. In May 2021, the Colonial Pipeline, a major fuel pipeline stretching 5,500 miles
from Texas to New Jersey delivering 45% of fuel to the Eastern Seaboard, was shut down by a
ransomware attack, which sent Americans scrambling for gasoline in the Southeast. (Colonial
reportedly paid a $5 million ransom to restart operations.) A February 2021 IBM report found that the
energy industry was the third most targeted sector for such attacks in 2020, behind only finance and
manufacturing, up from ninth place in 2019. At the same time, California utilities have been forced to
disrupt power on several occasions due to storms or to prevent equipment from setting wildfires.
These recent events laid bare the vulnerabilities of the broader energy network, including the electric
grid, to both digital attacks and physical issues, and prompted the U.S. administration to make EVs
the cornerstone of its environmental program, with $174 billion of the administration’s proposed
infrastructure plan devoted to EV incentives and the creation of a nationwide network of 500,000
charging stations. Without infrastructure, however, there would be nothing left to be damaged or
compromised.
Thanks to a fully-compliant design letting local governments access the data, each country would be
able to know what is taking place on its territory.
Range of Applications
Once WET is implemented on an industrial scale, we believe its applications are potentially limitless,
from powering stationary receptors of energy, such as appliances, homes and buildings, to powering
moving receptors of energy, such as cars, trains, hand-held devices, airplanes, ships, submarines and
satellites, delivering both higher quality service (in terms of speed, latency, coverage, range, and
resilience) and reliability, at much reduced deployment and operating costs.
As they fetch energy remotely from power sources, devices can transmit information much faster than
with 5G, since they no longer rely on 5G’s power-hungry and fragile infrastructure.
The IoT ecosystem would blossom, finally delivering its long-overdue promises.
Some Stats to Define the Opportunity
According to 2019 estimates of the International Energy Agency (IEA), electricity transmission losses
cost the world up to $350 billion a year. In a report issued on May 18, 2021 (Net Zero by 2050: a
Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector), the IEA predicted that pledges by governments to date (even
if fully achieved) would fall well short of what is required to bring global energy-related CO2
emissions to net zero by 2050 and give the world an even chance of limiting the global temperature
rise to 1.5 °C. In laying out a roadmap for accomplishing those goals, the IEA called it “perhaps the
greatest challenge humankind has ever faced”. Among other things, the roadmap calls for, effective
immediately, no new investments in fossil fuel supply projects, no sales of new internal combustion
engine passenger cars by 2035, and an immediate and comprehensive deployment of all available
clean and efficient energy technologies, combined with a major global push to accelerate innovation
(including annual additions of solar PV and wind power to reach 630 and 390 gigawatts, respectively,
by 2030, four times the record level set in 2020). Notably, the IEA report states that, while most of the
global reductions in CO2 emissions between now and 2030 in the net zero pathway will come from
technologies readily available today, in 2050, almost half the reductions will come from technologies
that are currently only at the demonstration or prototype phase.
According to 2019 estimates of the World Bank, 1.2 billion people have no reliable access to electricity
and 2.7 billion have no access to clean cooking and heating (mostly in Africa and Asia). The IEAs Net
Zero report emphasizes how the clean energy transition is “for and about people” and points out that
providing electricity to around 785 million people who have no access at all to it and clean cooking
solutions to 2.6 billion people who lack them is an integral part of the roadmap’s net zero pathway.
With a cost of around $40 billion a year (equal to around 1% of average annual energy sector
investment), this would bring major health benefits through reductions in indoor air pollution, cutting
the number of premature deaths by 2.5 million a year.
According to 2015 estimates of the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution cost Europe $1.6
trillion a year.
It is believed that India, Asia and Africa will have to invest trillions of dollars over several decades to
electrify their land. WET could do that for a fraction of the price and almost instantly, benefiting
billions of people.
The combination of dramatically reduced investments and the potentially unlimited transmission
reach, translating into lower costs and higher margins, yet with unparalleled coverage and quality
of service, could unleash a golden age for the energy and telecommunication industries, including
IoT, Med-Tech and Smart-Cities.
“By 2050, the energy world looks completely different. Global energy demand is around 8% smaller than
today, but it serves an economy more than twice as big and a population with 2 billion more people. Almost 90%
of electricity generation comes from renewable sources, with wind and solar PV together accounting for almost
70%. Most of the remainder comes from nuclear power. Solar is the world’s single largest source of total energy
supply. Fossil fuels fall from almost four-fifths of total energy supply today to slightly over one-fifth. Fossil
fuels that remain are used in goods where the carbon is embodied in the product such as plastics, in facilities
fitted with carbon capture, and in sectors where low-emissions technology options are scarce.”
CAPITAL RAISE AND USE OF PROCEEDS
We seek CHF 15,000,000 in funding, which will be placed in escrow for the protection of our
investors and gradually released over time upon the achievement of milestones that unequivocally
prove the viability and virtues of WET, as more fully described below.
We intend to use the bulk of the proceeds from the capital raise to prove, on an significantly and
increasingly larger scale than the video we refer to under "Empirical Evidence" above, that we can
safely and wirelessly transmit electric power (at increasingly higher voltage), without the need for
electric cables or other physical medium, and through metal, water or other physical obstacles, to an
energy receptor placed at a significant distance (of up to 100 meters, approximately 110 yards) from
the power source.
The mentioned durations for each phase are indicative and assume that no manufacturing and
delivery delays will take place due, for example, to subcontractor failures, lock-downs, travel
restrictions, or energy grid black-outs.
Stage One Experimentation (9 months)
We will wirelessly transmit power between two static Faraday cages (metal boxes) at a distance of 25
meters (approximately 27 yards). This experiment will show that WET can travel significant
distances through a metallic enclosure (blocking radio signals, microwaves, lasers...). We believe that
none of our competitors has been able to successfully carry out such a feat. We plan to use
approximately CHF 1,500,000 of the escrow proceeds to carry out this experiment, as well as for our
working capital needs (e.g., travel expenses, filing fees, legal, accounting and other expert fees and
expenses) to carry us through the next experimentation phase.
Stage Two Experimentation (18 months)
Once the Stage One Experimentation is successful, we will wirelessly transmit power from an emitter
enclosed in a metal box placed on shore, to a small boat placed up to 100 meters away on a lake or
other body of water. This experiment will significantly increase the distance between energy source
and receptor and double the physical obstacles through which energy is transmitted wirelessly (i.e.,
metal and water).
We will demonstrate the lack of transmission losses by measuring the level of electric power at both
endpoints. At such a distance, energy transmission through a cable (even a high quality cable, such as
network copper cables or fiber) would suffer transmission losses, necessitating the use of repeaters.
The experiment will be captured on film, using a drone. We plan to use approximately CHF
3,500,000 of the escrow proceeds to carry out this experiment and for our working capital needs to
carry us through the next experimentation phase.
Stage Three Experimentation (18 months)
Once the Stage Two Experimentation is successful, we will further scale up the application of WET
by wirelessly linking up a source of energy (such as a hydraulic turbine, solar panel or windmill) to a
single stationary remote consumer of energy like a nearby mountain chalet.
This experiment will demonstrate a real-life application with higher voltages and transmission
distance.
Stage Four Experimentation (18 months)
Once the Stage Three Experimentation is successful, we will target mobile applications where the
energy consumers will no longer stay stationary (i.e.: vehicles).
Stage Capital Needs (CHF) Timing (months) Objective
1 1,500,000 9 25m Faraday cages
2 3,500,000 18 100m cages + water
3 5,000,000 18 Real-life applications (static)
4 5,000,000 18 Real-life applications (mobile)
Total 15,000,000 45 Market sales (technology licensing)
By demonstrating the disruptive power of our technology in more sophisticated real world
applications, for example, by using wireless energy to replace electric conductors for tramways,
subways, trains, and ski gondola, we plan to convince industry partners to license our technology to
make better, more profitable products.
We plan to use the balance of the escrow proceeds to carry out this experiment, for working capital
purposes, and to file for a defensive patent, as described below under “Intellectual Property
Protection”, and for working capital purposes (e.g., travel, filing fees, legal and accounting fees, etc.).
Depending on the outcome of the Stage One Experimentation, we may decide, in agreement with our
investors, to skip the Stage Two Experimentation and go directly to the Stage Three Experimentation.
Conversely, should we experience difficulties with any experimentation phase such as technical or
logistical difficulties or delays, we will discuss those issues with our investors to decide whether the
release of additional funds from escrow to continue the experimentation is warranted.
Details of the works involved in the four stages:
a) new prototype platform that can evolve to add features and capacity,
b) much higher voltages (real-life applications),
c) reconfigurable antennas (higher voltages),
d) finer frequency tuning (peer synchronization),
e) synchronization calculations (static applications),
f) dynamic synchronization (mobile applications),
e) massive parallelization (ultra high-bandwidth/low-latency).
INVESTMENT PHASES
We expect that the scaling up of our technology will occur in phases, each associated with increasing
amount of funding.
With a CHF 25 to 50 million budget, we can deliver energy-only products like a way to link a source
of energy (hydraulic turbine, solar panels, or windmills) to a single remote consumer of energy (a
mountain chalet, desert nomads, a scientific expedition in the arctic or in the jungle).
We believe that a real-life application of our WET will be a powerful incentive for device
manufacturers and service providers to adopt our new technology, as they will then face the very
tangible prospect of seeing even their very latest technology, such as 5G (a $6 trillion initial
investment), being displaced by ours.
With much more significant funding, CHF 100 to $300 million, we can link an energy plant to all its
remote consumers. In this case, the energy made available remotely would have to be protected
against theft, so manufacturing application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips would be required.
(A budget of at least CHF 12 million per year for 5-10 years is required to merely get a slot at a
foundry. These prices come from signed manufacturing contracts with two of the worlds largest
foundries).
Depending on the availability of capital, an alternative to manufacturing power and communication
equipment would be licensing WET to third parties, such as IoT vendors. In our view, however, this
can be a viable alternative for exploiting the technology only after a real-life application has been
demonstrated.
THE COMPETITION
Long-range power-transfer experiments typically involve beams of microwaves or lasers tightly
focused on a receiver. Yet, solar panels transmitting energy via lasers do not scale well to millions of
devices, and break down when traversing fog, clouds, rain and snow (or any more substantial
obstacles, such as buildings, mountains, birds, planes, drones and satellites).
Over short distances, wireless charging is now well established (we have mentioned an electric
toothbrush being recharged by placing it on an electrically-isolated “contact-less” station; similarly, a
smartphone can be recharged by induction without a charging cable).
WiTricity
In 2007, a team of MIT researchers started a business in Watertown, Massachusetts, called WiTricity
(short for wireless electricity), which markets near-field charging coils (strictly aligned below the coil
attached to cars) on parking places for EVs.
WiTricity uses induction technology, the same technology used for rechargeable electric toothbrushes.
Induction power transfer was first used in 1894, when Maurice Hutin and Maurice Le-Blanc proposed
an apparatus and method to power an EV. By the early 1900s, 20 clean and silent electric buses in
London could travel for 60 km with one charge, swapping batteries every day at lunch time, an
operation that took only three minutes. A financial fraud caused the demise of the London Electrobus
Company and, with it, of the EV experiment. The technology was forgotten until 1977, when U.S.
patent No. 4031449 electromagnetically coupled battery charger was awarded to John Trombly.
The induction range is limited to, at most, four to five meters, due to high transmission losses: the
signal level of a transmission is 1/4 of the strength at two meters of distance, than it is at a one meter
of distance. High-voltage currents make it possible to go a bit further, but at the cost of unbearable
energy losses. Furthermore, in enclosed environments (such as buildings) or outdoors (due to trees,
mountains, fog, rain and other physical obstacles) absorption and diffraction cause transmission losses
to rise even further.
Unlike WiTricity, WET makes lossless, long-range power transfer possible, allowing, for
example, moving cars to get their energy wirelessly (without the need for batteries) because it is
not affected by physical obstacles (as shown on the video we shared with you, where the
endpoints are enclosed in Faraday cages).
WET would solve drivers’ frustration with the inconvenience of charging stations and driving
range issues affecting EVs. Ditching batteries also would dramatically cut manufacturing costs,
improve the safety, habitability and handling of EVs, while allowing for the preservation of rare
Earth resources.§
Emrod
Emrod, a New Zealand-based startup, is reported to be developing technology capable of shifting
large amounts of electricity between any two points that can be joined with line-of-sight relays.
According to IEEE Spectrum (the magazine of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Emrod’s system is based on: An array of lasers spaced along the edges of flat-panel receivers that
are planned to catch and
What is this that roareth thus? The Economist, Sept. 6th 2007.
§ See the IEAs 2021 publication entitled The Role of Critical World Energy Outlook Special Report Minerals in
Clean Energy Transitions, available at: https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/278ae0c8-28b8-402b-b9ab-
6e45463c273f/TheRoleofCriticalMineralsinCleanEnergyTransitions.pdf.
then pass along the focused energy beam. These lasers are pointed at sensors at the transmitter array
so that if a bird in flight, for example, interrupted one of the lasers, the transmitter would pause a
portion of the energy beam long enough for the bird to fly through.” “Emrod’s laboratory prototype
currently operates indoors at a distance of just 2 meters and work is under way to build a 40-meter
demonstration system.”
According to the Popular Mechanics magazine: The system involves shaped microwave beams that
pass through relays. Line of sight is important because the technology relies on a clear, contained
beam from one point to the next.”
Unlike Emrod, WET does not rely on a line of sight. It traverses matter seamlessly (our video
shows how two Faraday cages are traversed by a 5 Volt current) without interruption, and does
not require either alignment or relays.
Reasonance
A group of Russian scientists, operating under the name Reasonance, claims to have developed a new
wireless power transfer technology that combines both magnetic resonance and induction. They claim
that they can achieve the same results as their competitors (such as WiTricity) by using lower
frequencies, which reduces the damaging effects of electromagnetic fields on living beings. While this
addresses some of the problems associated with Wi-Fi and 5G technologies, namely, wasting energy
and interfering with the metabolism of living creatures (humans, animals and plants), by their own
admission (see Reasonance’s website: https://reasonance.tech), the wireless power transfer is limited
to up to one meterwith mildly aligned coilsand 7-10% energy transfer losses.
Unlike Reasonance, our alignment-free WET can transmit at several tens of meters (without
suffering any transmission losses) with weak currents (5 Volts) at lower frequencies and without
electronic components, which would be required only to maintain the link between the
endpoints when the distance increases further, or if the receiver is moving.
Tesla Motors
On March 8, 2021, Bloomberg News reported that Tesla is making a giant battery to plug into Texas’
power grid. With an expected commercial opening date of June 1, 2021, the project is said to have the
capacity to store 100 megawatts of energy, enough to power 20,000 homes on a hot day.
Unlike Tesla’s batteries, which are extremely expensive, require rare Earth elements, and have a
limited lifespan, WET makes it possible to avoid batteries (for devices or vehicles) and to store
electricity anywhere on Earth (for example, where mountains make it possible to build dams)
without consideration for the distance between the energy source, the storage site, or the
location of the energy consumers.
China
The Chinese government has been working on a “maglev” (magnetic levitation) train, which is a
system of train transportation that uses a magnet to lift the train up off the tracks, and another magnet
to move the elevated train ahead.
Though impressive, maglev is based on traditional induction technology, with all attendant
limitations.
The China Electric Power Research Institute has reportedly developed a 10-meter microwave radio
transmission prototype which can make 20 meters distance kilowatt-level power transmission come
true” .
Microwaves suffer transfer losses, are absorbed by clouds, metal and water and are broadcasted
continuously, in contrast to WET, which is “fetched” from the energy source by end-users, without
losses, even through metal, water and other physical objects.
RISK FACTORS
Investing in our equity involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider these risk factors,
together with all of the other information included in this Confidential Information Memorandum before
you decide to invest in our company. While we believe the risks and uncertainties described below include
all material risks currently known by us, it is possible that these may not be the only ones we face. If any
of the risks actually occur, our business, financial condition, operating results and prospects could be
materially and adversely affected. In that event, the value of our equity could decline, and you could lose
part or all of your investment.
Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry
We Are a Startup
To date, we have carried out only research and development activities relating to our wireless technology.
We have deployed our WET only experimentally and in a very small scale. We currently have no revenue
and a very limited operating history, and do not expect to be profitable for the foreseeable future.
The novel nature of our technology makes it difficult to predict market acceptance and our future revenue
or appropriately budgeting for our expenses, and we have limited insight into trends that may emerge and
affect our business. You should consider our prospects in light of the risks and uncertainties emerging
companies encounter when introducing a new product into a nascent industry.
Market Acceptance
WET is still relatively nascent, and we cannot be sure whether and how long it will take for potential
customers to accept our WET. Enterprises may be unwilling to adopt our solution over traditional or
competing power sources for any number of reasons, including the perception that our technology is
unproven, lack of confidence in our business model, and lack of awareness of our technology and
applications (see “Investment Phases” above). Because this is an emerging industry, broad acceptance of
our products and services is subject to a high level of uncertainty and risk.
While we expect many businesses (such as power generators and data emitters, such as the IoT) to benefit
greatly from adoption of WET, we also expect that a number of businesses and assets will be rendered
obsolete and be displaced by WET (such as the infrastructure of the energy grid and telecommunication
networks, including high-voltage towers and transformers, and terrestrial and spatial relays). As a result,
as is customary with transformational technology, we expect that WET will initially face opposition from
incumbents. It is possible that they will see us as a threat and fail to understand that WET will make their
businesses significantly more profitable. That is why we believe in a staged application of our technology,
from proof of concept, to real life application, to industrial application, each phase requiring significantly
more financial resources than the previous one, as we endeavor to convince incumbents of WET’s
disruptive nature and potential for enormous value creation, for suppliers and consumers alike.
Implementation of Subsequent Investment Phases
Reliance of Third Party Contractors
Once we are up and running, implementation of WET will be dependent on third parties designing and
manufacturing the necessary hardware, such as antennas and ASIC chips. These are complex products,
which will expose us to the risk that the companies we rely on for design and manufacturing will fail to
fulfill their obligations or experience delays, or the risk that the hardware they manufacture does not
comply with our specifications or contains undetected or latent errors or defects.
Any manufacturing defects or other failures of our WET to perform as expected could cause us to incur
significant re-engineering costs, divert the attention of our team from product development efforts and
significantly and adversely affect customer satisfaction, market acceptance and our business reputation.
Furthermore, we may be unable to correct manufacturing defects or other failures of our WET in a manner
satisfactory to our customers, which could also adversely affect customer satisfaction, market acceptance
and our business reputation.
Field Conditions
As we move into new geographies and deploy new product configurations, we may encounter new and
unanticipated field conditions that have an adverse impact on the performance of our technology. If we do
encounter such field conditions, we may incur significant re-engineering costs, the attention of our team
may be diverted from product development efforts, and customer satisfaction, market acceptance and our
business reputation may be adversely impacted.
Fulfillment of Customer Orders
Our products have significant upfront costs. Because we will not recognize revenue on the sales of our
product until installation and acceptance, our financial results will be dependent, to a large extent, on the
timeliness of the installation of WET. We believe currently that it will take us nine to 12 months to fulfill a
customer order for our product. The length of time that will take use to install our technology exposes us
to the financial risk of expending significant resources without having the certainty of generating a sale, as
well as the risk of cost overruns or other unforeseen expenses in the installation process.
Regulation
Although we will not be regulated as a utility, federal, state and local government statutes and regulations
concerning electricity heavily influence the market for our product and services. These statutes and
regulations often relate to electricity pricing, net metering, incentives, taxation, and the rules surrounding
the interconnection of customer-owned electricity generation for specific technologies. In the United
States, governments frequently modify these statutes and regulations. Governments, often acting through
state utility or public service commissions, change and adopt different requirements for utilities and rates
for commercial customers on a regular basis. Changes, or in some cases a lack of change, in any of the
laws, regulations, ordinances or other rules that apply to our installations and new technology could make
it more costly for us or our customers to install and operate our WET on particular sites, and in turn could
negatively affect our ability to deliver cost savings to customers for the purchase of electricity.
The construction, installation and operation of our WET at a particular site generally will also be subject
to oversight and regulation in accordance with national, state and local laws and ordinances relating to
building codes, safety, environmental protection and related matters, and typically requires various local
and other governmental approvals and permits, including environmental approvals and permits, that vary
by jurisdiction. In some cases, these approvals and permits require periodic renewal. It is difficult and
costly to track the requirements of every individual authority having jurisdiction over our installations, to
design our WET to comply with these varying standards, and to obtain all applicable approvals and
permits. We cannot predict whether or when all permits required for a given project will be granted or
whether the conditions associated with the permits will be achievable. The denial of a permit or utility
connection essential to a project or the imposition of impractical conditions would impair our ability to
develop the project. In addition, we cannot predict whether the permitting process will be lengthened due
to complexities and appeals. Delay in the review and permitting process for a project can impair or delay
our and our customers’ abilities to develop that project or increase the cost so substantially that the project
is no longer attractive to us or our customers. Furthermore, unforeseen delays in the review and permitting
process could delay the timing of the installation of our WET and could therefore adversely affect the
timing of the recognition of revenue related to the installation, which could harm our operating results in a
particular period.
In addition, the completion of our installations may be dependent upon the availability of and timely
connection to the local electric grid. Local utility companies or municipalities may deny our request for
connection or impose conditions or limitations to our projects. Any delays in our ability to connect with
utilities, delays in the performance of installation-related services or poor performance of installation-
related services by our general contractors or sub-contractors will have a material adverse effect on our
results and could cause operating results to vary materially from period to period.
Suppliers
The failure of our suppliers to deliver necessary raw materials or other components for our WET in a
timely manner could prevent us from delivering our products within required time frames, and could cause
installation delays, cancellations, penalty payments and damage to our reputation.
As we advanced on the staged implementation of our technology, we will increasingly be dependent on
the availability of microchips required for mass-market WET deployment. See “Investment Phases”
above. The widely reported worldwide shortage of semiconductors could limit our ability to source the
necessary chips and, in turn, prevent us from delivering our WET to our customers within required
timeframes and cause order cancellations, which could result in sales and installation delays,
cancellations, penalty payments, or damage to our reputation, any of which could have a material adverse
effect on our business and results of operations.
Competition
While we believe that, currently, there is no wireless technology with the disruptive potential of our WET
(see “The Competition” above), new technologies may emerge that are not currently available or of which
we are not aware that are comparable or better than WET. Those other technologies may have the backing
of large, well-capitalized organization with the ability to bring products to market faster and more
efficiently than us. Any such development could materially and adversely affect our business and
prospects in ways we cannot currently anticipate.
Inability to Manage Growth
If our business is successful, our growth may make it difficult for us to efficiently operate our business,
challenging us to effectively manage our capital expenditures and control our costs while we expand our
operations to increase our revenue. If we experience significant growth in orders, we will need additional
manufacturing capacity and capital intensive equipment. In addition, any growth in the volume of sales of
our product may outpace our ability to engage sufficient and experienced personnel to manage the higher
number of installations and to engage contractors to complete installations on a timely basis and in
accordance with our expectations and standards. Any failure to manage our growth effectively could
materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition. Our
future operating results depend to a large extent on our ability to manage this expansion and growth
successfully.
Patent Protection
As explained below (under “Intellectual Property Protection”), we intend to use a portion of the proceeds
from the capital raise to apply for a defensive patent, which will protect the proprietary technology on
which WET is based, by preventing others from copying it. The status of patents involves complex legal
and factual questions, and the breadth of claims allowed is uncertain. We cannot be certain that our patent
application will result in an issued patent or that any of issued patent will afford protection against a
competitor. Our failure to protect our intellectual property rights may undermine our competitive position,
and litigation to protect our intellectual property rights may be costly. In addition, any patent issued to us
may be infringed upon or designed around by others and others may obtain patents that we need to license
or design around, either of which would increase costs and may adversely affect our business, prospects,
and operating results.
Risks Relating to the Offering
Dilution
The price at which we our equity will be offered in this offering will be substantially higher than the pro-
forms net tangible book value of our equity immediately following the offering based on the total value of
our tangible assets less our total liabilities. Therefore, investors in this offering will experience immediate
dilution in the price of their equity, equal to such difference (which we are unable to quantify at this time).
Additional dilution will derive from additional rounds of financing we may engage in, in the future, as
well as from the possible adoption of equity incentive plans.
Use of Proceeds
We will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds to us from this offering, including for
any of the purposes described under “Use of Proceeds” above and investors will not have the opportunity
as part of their investment decision to assess whether the net proceeds are being used appropriately.
Because of the number and variability of factors that will determine our use of the net proceeds from this
offering, their ultimate use may vary substantially from their currently intended use. Our failure to apply
these funds effectively could harm our business.
Dividends
We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital stock and do not intend to pay any cash
dividends in the foreseeable future. We anticipate that we will retain all of our future earnings for use in
the development of our business and for general corporate purposes. Any determination to pay dividends
in the future will be at the discretion of our board of directors. Accordingly, investors must rely on sales of
their Class A common stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize
any future gains on their investments.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION
We plan to use a portion of the proceeds to file a “defensive patent” for our proprietary technology that
will protect it while we experiment and commercialize it.
By filing a defensive patent application and going through the publication process, we will prevent others
from getting a patent on the same subject matter, because our patent application will be prior art against
others. A defensive patent also would shield the business against infringement suits by competitors.
Since defensive patents are typically intended to be only prior art against others, there is usually no need
to go through the entire prosecution process. Filing a patent application and allowing it to publish
accomplishes the defensive purpose of establishing prior art that can be used against others. So there is
usually no need to obtain an issued patent. Normally, patent applications are published 18 months after the
earliest priority date (i.e., the earliest application filing date, which can be a provisional patent
application).
We may, however, at a later time decide to apply for an offensive patent based on this prior art. Such a
patent will give us the ability to bring an enforcement action to force an infringer to stop selling the
patented thing or pay us royalties.
REGULATION
We do not expect that TWD Industries AG will be subject to any complicated regulatory regime and/or
that its operations will require any significant regulatory approvals because, unlike energy-grids or
microwaves and millimeter waves, WET:
does not saturate the frequency band (as wavelength and frequency can be modulated
independently, such that each synchronized group is isolated from all others, even if they all use
the same frequency); and
can be delivered as fully-compliant to governmental authorities (in terms of access to data and
energy in transit), both security and fiscal reasons.
Furthermore, WET is immune to the century-old exposure that the energy and telecommunication sectors
face relating to the dangers of electromagnetic radiation. Over time – as more data and information has
become available regarding the damaging effect from long-term exposure to non-ionizing electromagnetic
fields, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetism, and radio waves or noise – the implementation of
energy grids and the roll-out of the next generation of mobile communication technology (currently, 5G)
have led to the enactment of international safety regulations that protect consumers from such exposure,
by limiting distance and exposure time. At the same time, insurers and re-insurers have thus far refused to
cover illnesses, injuries and other liabilities resulting from such exposure.
In contrast to currently available energy transmission technologies, we are not aware of any detrimental
effect that WET technology has on the environment – regardless of whether energy transmission or
telecommunication is involved – because of our exclusive ability to modulate frequency and wavelength
independently, and thus to deliver high bandwidth at a low frequency.
MANAGEMENT
Pierre Gauthier
WET is the brainchild of Pierre Gauthier. Pierre is a telecommunication and computer engineer with a
knack for remote technologies. He started coding at the age of 11 and never stopped. After obtaining a
Telecom & Computer Science degree in Nice, France, in 1992, Pierre went off to Mountain View,
California, to work as a software engineer for Software Publishing Corporation (SPC), at the time, the
world’s fifth largest software publisher.
At the age of 24, Pierre was appointed R&D Director of FMN Holding Group, a French heavy equipment
multinational company with 43 affiliated companies. After that, he went on to work in the submarine
radars division of Thomson Microsonics (now part of the Thales Group).
In 1998, Pierre founded TWD Industries AG to market Remote-Anything, a Desktop-Sharing and
Corporate-Network Management Application that he wrote in three months and that, over a decade, was
sold in 138 countries via 280 million licenses issued to customers, including governments, banks,
insurance companies, R&D centers, universities, and nuclear plants.
Today, TWD Industries’ leading product is Global-WAN, a post-quantum” secure communication
platform relying on G-WAN, a scalable multicore Web application server supporting 18 scripted
programming languages. Global-WAN is a fully compliant virtual private network (VPN) based on
government-audited, cryptanalytically-unbreakable security that, thanks to wireless energy transmission
(WET), aims at operating globally, independently from the energy grid and telecom networks and without
any critical infrastructure, such as relays or satellites.
In June 2020 Pierre published SLIMalloc (see https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367190325) a
computer-science breakthrough automatically blocking, documenting and reporting operating system, third-party
libraries, and applications dysfunctions and attacks in real-time. Instead of collecting everything to find (after-
the-facts) anomalies, SLIMalloc intervenes only to block errors without overhead and false
positives/negatives. "70% of all security bugs are MEMORY safety bugs." (ZDNet)
In January 2023, SLIMalloc made the C programming language memory-safe preserving 50 years of
investments and strategic know-how shortly after the NSA (U.S. National Security Agency)
recommended to use "memory-safe" programming languages instead of C/C++ because:
60-70% of all Apple vulnerabilities,
70% of all Microsoft vulnerabilities, are memory-safety issues.
90% of all Google Android vulnerabilities,
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