In a conference room at WiTricity Corp.’s Watertown headquarters, a television set sits on a clear plastic stand. No power cables run from the wall to the TV, nor does it have a battery, yet the set is broadcasting a documentary.

In the 1890s, infamous inventor and noted crazy man Nikola Tesla designed enormous generators that would make huge magnetic fields to power any electric device on the globe, or so was Tesla's plan. Although he ended up sending minor shocks through people nearby and made the ground around his laboratory glow blue with electricity, his plan to power the world didn't come through.

You won't have to plug in your TV, and your iPhone will charge in your pocket.

Wireless power? Nothing new. It’s been around for at least 100 years, although only recently has it reached the point where a truly wireless future was believed possible. Now, an update of sorts from MIT WiTricity means it’s even closer. (more…)

Wireless power? Nothing new. It's been around for at least 100 years, although only recently has it reached the point where a completely wireless future was believed possible. Now, an update of sorts...

A coil embedded in a wall or ceiling could efficiently beam power to several gadgets in the same room

A coil embedded in a wall or ceiling could efficiently beam power to several gadgets in the same room

A coil embedded in a wall or ceiling could efficiently beam power to several gadgets in the same room

A coil embedded in a wall or ceiling could efficiently beam power to several gadgets in the same room

A coil embedded in a wall or ceiling could efficiently beam power to several gadgets in the same room

A coil embedded in a wall or ceiling could efficiently beam power to several gadgets in the same room

A coil embedded in a wall or ceiling could efficiently beam power to several gadgets in the same room

A coil embedded in a wall or ceiling could efficiently beam power to several gadgets in the same room

A coil embedded in a wall or ceiling could efficiently beam power to several gadgets in the same room

A coil embedded in a wall or ceiling could efficiently beam power to several gadgets in the same room

A coil embedded in a wall or ceiling could efficiently beam power to several gadgets in the same room

A coil embedded in a wall or ceiling could efficiently beam power to several gadgets in the same room

A coil embedded in a wall or ceiling could efficiently beam power to several gadgets in the same room

A coil embedded in a wall or ceiling could efficiently beam power to several gadgets in the same room

A coil embedded in a wall or ceiling could efficiently beam power to several gadgets in the same room