Energous WattUp technology charges you smartphone from 15 feet away.
Energous's WattUp technology allows you to charge your smartphones, tablets and other small gadgets wirelessly from up to 15 feet away.
Energous’s technology uses a transmitter with lots of small antennas to send radio waves to a receiver connected to the gadget being charged. The device uses Bluetooth to scan for nearby gadgets that are authorized to receive a charge. Then, the transmitter directs radio waves toward the receiver, which collects them and converts its energy to DC power to charge your device.
Energous has recently teamed up with integrated circuit manufacturer Dialog Semiconductor. The company produces low cost Bluetooth chipsets that is a key technology used in WattUp. Energous plans to work with Dialog Semiconductors to bring reference designs and prototypes of its technology to other partners and consumers over the coming year.
Stephen R. Rizzone, CEO of Energous Corporation says, “Our collaboration with Dialog Semiconductor will provide consumer electronics manufacturers with a superior technology that will differentiate their products with the freedom of charging without wires.”
Energous wants manufacturers to build the technology directly into devices, similar to the Qi devices in the market. The company is partnering up with a wide range of manufacturers and has currently 7 partners. Energous expects the first products to be launched at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next January and go on sale later in the year. Rizzone says that the phone cases will cost between $75 to $125, while a transmitter for charging things probably would cost around $300.
A Los Angeles-based startup uBeam has also developing a wireless charging technology that allows people to charge their smartphones without wires. The company uses energy converted from sound waves to charge devices. The technology is expected to enter the market within the next two years.
Source: MIT
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