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FCC Approves "WattUp" Wireless Power Transmission

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday December 28 2017, @02:36AM   Printer-friendly
from the i-have-the-power! dept.

takyon writes:

FCC approves first wireless 'power-at-a-distance' charging system

Charging your mobile device wirelessly is certainly less of a hassle than plugging it in, but still requires the device be in physical contact with its station to actually work. That's about to change now that the Federal Communications Commission has approved the first wireless charger that works from up to three feet away.

San Jose-based startup, Energous, announced on Tuesday that it has received the first such FCC certification for power-at-a-distance wireless charging with its WattUp Mid Field transmitter. The transmitter converts electricity into radio frequencies, then beams the energy to nearby devices outfitted with a corresponding receiver. This differs from the resonant induction method that the Pi wireless charging system relies upon and offers a greater range than the Belkin and Mophie chargers that require physical contact with the device.

Also at Ubergizmo.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday December 28 2017, @09:10AM (2 children)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Thursday December 28 2017, @09:10AM (#615041) Homepage
    "“Electromagnetic hypersensitivity” and “wifi allergies” are two names given to a nonexistent medical condition [...]. This is a story in which the parents’ insistence that their teenage daughter, who had posted threats to commit suicide on social media, had this condition appears to have interfered with seeking mental health services in a timely fashion. The results were tragic."

    Am I a bad person for laughing as I read that, and then thinking "fewer bad genes in the genepool"?
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 28 2017, @03:51PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 28 2017, @03:51PM (#615136)

    was she hot?

    losing a hot girl is a tragedy. losing an ugly one is a statistic.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 28 2017, @08:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 28 2017, @08:20PM (#615247)

    Oh, you think suicide is funny? I think I see someone else who could use mental health services. Perhaps even a few more bad genes in the genepool -- sociopathic ones.