inductive charging
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Apple Fans Will Be Powerless to Resist This Mini Macintosh USB-C Charger
There are typically only two things consumers care about when it comes to a USB charger: that it’s as small and powerful as possible. The aesthetics of a wall wart rarely factor into the purchasing decision, but now someone’s come along and made a wall wart that looks like a tiny Macintosh computer, complete with…
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Apple Has Updated Its MagSafe Battery’s Firmware to Add Slightly Faster Charging
Features like being able to check its charge level right in iOS and charging that automatically starts when the battery’s attached to an iPhone made the Apple MagSafe Battery Pack our top choice last year, but we did lament its slower charging speeds when unplugged: a limitation that Apple has improved with a recent firmware…
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HyperX’s New Gaming Headphones Get 300 Hours of Battery Life, and I Don’t Know How That’s Possible
Some gamers still use wired headsets instead of the countless wireless options on the market because they don’t want to deal with charging, but now they don’t have to. HyperX at CES 2022 a new Cloud Alpha Wireless that supposedly boasts 300 hours of battery life.
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DARPA Is Exploring Ways to Wirelessly Charge Drone Swarms
The Defence Research Intelligence Agency, the gonzo R&D arm of the Pentagon, has had a hand in inventing everything from GPS and speech translation to the early precursors of the internet. (The agency also tried to develop a mechanical elephant to traverse South Vietnam, but who’s keeping count). Now the agency is working with a…