Eric Giler wants to untangle our wired lives with cable-free electric power. Here, he covers what this sci-fi tech offers, and demos MIT’s breakthrough version, WiTricity — a near-to-market invention that may soon recharge your cell phone, car, pacemaker.(Recorded at TEDGlobal 2009, July 2009 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 10:10)
This a very practical use of conceptual theory that turned into a soon-to-be everyday technology. Eventually, we will be able to do away with batteries and wires completely, making everything truly modular.
