Title | Ikea Integrating Wireless Charging into Furniture | |
Date | Sunday March 01 2015, @08:29PM | |
Author | janrinok | |
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from the be-careful-where-you-sit dept. |
Reported at Techradar is the news that swedish flat-pack furniture company Ikea will incorporate wireless charging into some new product ranges.
Starting April, Ikea will begin to roll out a new series of furniture including bedside tablets, desks and lamps that will double up as charging spots using the Qi standard.
The Qi Charging standard is a publicly available standard for charging via electromagnetic induction (up to 5W), and claims to be "the most widely deployed wireless power standard".
Additional coverage available at The Telegraph and International Business Times. A press release is also available at CNBC.
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