WiTricity

June 7, 2007 by Avy.

How kewl is this?!

US researchers have successfully tested an experimental system to deliver power to devices without the need for wires.

The setup, reported in the journal Science, made a 60W light bulb glow from a distance of 2m (7ft).

WiTricity, as it is called, exploits simple physics and could be adapted to charge other devices such as laptops.

“There is nothing in this that would have prevented them inventing this 10 or even 20 years ago,” commented Professor Sir John Pendry of Imperial College London who has seen the experiments.

“But I think there is an issue of time. In the last few years we have seen an exponential growth of mobile devices that need power. The power cable is the last wire to be cut in a wireless connection.”

Professor Moti Segev of the Israel Institute of Technology described the work as “truly pioneering”.

You can read the full article on the BBC News site. I have so many wires for my laptop right now: power, external hdd an single unit surround (by Aiwa). You have to consider the usb cables and power cables are just annoyingly draped around my legs. Not that Im complaining, but it’d be way nicer without the wires. Three cheers for WiTricity?

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