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DAVID DERBYSHIRE, DAILY MAIL - In a breakthrough that sounds like
something out of Star Trek, they have discovered a way of 'beaming'
power across a room into a light bulb, mobile phone or laptop computer
without wires or cables. In the first successful trial of its kind, the
team was able to illuminate a 60-watt light bulb 7 ft away.
The team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who call their
invention 'Witricity', believe it could change the way we use
electricity and do away with the tangle of cables, plugs and chargers
that clutter modern homes. It could also allow the use of laptops and
mobile phones without batteries.
The inspiration came when the lead researcher, Dr Marin Soljacic, was
standing in his kitchen at night staring at his mobile phone. "It was
probably the sixth time that month that I was awakened by my cell phone
beeping to let me know that I had forgotten to charge it. It occurred to
me that it would be so great if the thing took care of its own
charging," he said. . .
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/
technology.html?in_article_id=460602&in_page_id=1965
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DAVID DERBYSHIRE, DAILY MAIL - In a breakthrough that sounds like
something out of Star Trek, they have discovered a way of 'beaming'
power across a room into a light bulb, mobile phone or laptop computer
without wires or cables. In the first successful trial of its kind, the
team was able to illuminate a 60-watt light bulb 7 ft away.
The team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who call their
invention 'Witricity', believe it could change the way we use
electricity and do away with the tangle of cables, plugs and chargers
that clutter modern homes. It could also allow the use of laptops and
mobile phones without batteries.
The inspiration came when the lead researcher, Dr Marin Soljacic, was
standing in his kitchen at night staring at his mobile phone. "It was
probably the sixth time that month that I was awakened by my cell phone
beeping to let me know that I had forgotten to charge it. It occurred to
me that it would be so great if the thing took care of its own
charging," he said. . .
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/
technology.html?in_article_id=460602&in_page_id=1965
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