The future of wireless charging is here, but it’s going to be messy and confusing
I’m standing in the penthouse suite of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, looking at what seems to be a large subwoofer on a shelf. A TV remote sits on an ottoman about eight feet from the shelf, with no buttons illuminated. Energous CTO Michael Leabman taps his iPad, triggering the black speaker-like device, and after a quiet second the remote’s lights flicker on. In another demonstration, the remote is brought within 2 feet of an object that looks like a soundbar, and again comes to life.
Voilà, wireless power.
In another demo room, tucked behind the construction of the CES show floor before the convention starts, Ossia CEO Hatem Zeine shows me a simple, battery operated clock. An engineer clicks a button on his computer, and the clock stops, its source of power interrupted. Again, voilà.
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