Inductive Charging

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Wireless Power Lets Harry Potter Bewitch Me From A Magazine Cover

11:45AM January 12, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

eCoupled is known for their inductive-charging solutions, where you can just plop your phone down on a table and it will immediately start topping off its battery. But in recent years at CES they’ve been coming up with slick demos showing alternative ways the technology can be used. More »


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Inductive-Charging Alarm Clock Gets Rid Of Unitaskers

2:15PM January 9, 2012 | Kyle Wagner

Why would anyone want a mat that does nothing but charge phones? It’s dumb, ugly and takes up space. But an alarm clock that you just set your phone down on to charge it? Yes please. More »


Mobile

Why Apple’s Inductive Charging Patent For iPhones Is A Red Herring

9:25AM August 6, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Just because a patent’s filed, doesn’t mean the company in question has any ambition to actually make the damn thing. Take Apple’s inductive charger, which proposes wrapping headphones around a charging tower with the earbuds conducting electricity to the iPhone. More »


Mobile

Wireless Charger For Your… Chargers?

7:40AM April 22, 2011 | Adrian Covert

When the wireless charging standard you support is floundering and nobody wants to adopt the technology in their actual products, making a wireless mat for portable USB chargers is one dumb way to keep yourself occupied. More »


Cars

Chevy Volt Will Charge Your Gadgets Inductively

4:00PM January 15, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Wireless inductive charging is awesome. You take your gadget, set it, forget it. It’s like an infomercial. Know what’s even better? When Powermat and Chevy join forces to integrate the technology in your car, where it’s especially useful. More »


Gaming

Sonic’s Depressing New Gig: Charging Wiimotes

11:40AM December 28, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Sonic, that talented hedgehog you might remember for racing around at superhedgehog speeds or flamboyantly collecting golden rings, has a new line of work. Charging Wiimotes. God only knows where Tails has ended up. More »


Duracell MyGrid USB Charger Charges Wirelessly, Gives Gear A Boost

1:54AM November 10, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Once you juice it up wirelessly atop a myGrid inductive charging slab, Duracell’s new $US35 myGrid USB charger will power pretty much anything that has USB, including smartphones (about four hours), MP3 players (~30 hours) and ebook readers (~100 hours). More »


Your iPhone 4 Can Now Take A Charging PowerMat Nap

10:00AM October 26, 2010 | Sam Biddle

For those of you who prefer the inductive charging lifestyle, PowerMat now offers a charging pad and accompanying case for the iPhone 4. More »


Canon’s Prototype Dock Charges Cameras, Shares Photos

9:40AM October 15, 2010 | Sam Biddle

Well, it’s inductive charging, not magic. But Canon’s Cross Media dock looks like a particularly sweet implementation, letting you not only juice up to three cameras or camcorders sans wires, but suck down and share your pics and vids too. More »


Mobile

Powermat Phones That Charge Wirelessly Without Cases ‘Likely’

10:40PM October 14, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

True, you can charge some phones now without buying a special inductive-charging case (via their swappable batteries), but Powermat wants to work with manufacturers to put the technology into phones from the get-go. More »