Energous still isn’t delivering truly wireless charging, but says it’s coming later this year – The Verge (Jan 4, 2017)
Energous and its version of wireless charging has always been far more interesting to me than the standard, mat-based version, because the latter is actually less flexible in some ways than cable-based charging. Charging over distance is the real innovation here, but no-one has cracked and released it yet in a mass market product. The big question about Energous specifically is whether Apple is or isn’t the mysterious partner it frequently refers to – if Apple puts this technology in products and it works well, that will be game changing for a whole range of products from iPhones to Watches. But if it isn’t, Energous appears to be stalling indefinitely on technology that never seems quite ready.
The company, topic, and narrative tags below will take you to other posts with the same tags. The narrative link(s) will also take you to the narrative essay which provides additional context behind the post.
Vote for or share this post
Use the Like button below to vote for this post as one of the most important of the week. The posts voted most important are more likely to be included in the News Roundup podcast episode I do each week. Or use the sharing buttons to share a link to this post to social networks or other services.