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Unplugged: Goodbye cables, hello energy beams
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LET’S face it: power cables are unsightly dust-traps. PCs, TVs and music players are becoming slicker every year, but the nest of vipers in the corner of every room remains an ugly impediment to true minimalism.
Then there is the inconvenience of charging phones, MP3 players and PDAs. A minor hassle, admittedly, but it is easy to forget to top up the batteries and before you know it you have left the house with a dead gadget. Wouldn’t life be simpler if power was invisibly beamed to your devices whenever you walked into a building with an electricity supply? Wireless communication is ubiquitous, after all, so why can’t we permanently unshackle our electronics from power cables too?
Full Story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527461.300-unplugged-goodbye-cables-hello-energy-beams.html
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