Here’s the coolest thing
I’ve heard in a long time. According to an article on the BBC, US
researchers are working on a system to transfer power without the need
of wires. WiTricity (as this new system has been coined) using the
principle of low-frequency electromagnetic resonance to transfer energy
from a charging device to one that needs power. And because the
resonance is predominantly magnetic, it’s perfectly safe to organic
tissue and can be deployed anywhere it is needed. The technology is still in it’s infancy, so you wouldn’t use it to power your laptop yet, however the demonstration the BBC article talks about proves it’s a viable alternative to wired power.
This is an interesting idea following on from my post yesterday about iPhonomics,
a concept that states our use of technology is bounded by the power
capabilities of the device we are using. If wireless energy is
possible, I predict that after the initial pain and cost of
implementing this, charging your devices will become ubiquitous and one
day, people will still thinking about it; in the same way we stop
thinking about how strong our mobile signal is. We’ll just expect it to
be there.
(Previously posted on my business/techology blog)