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Smithsonian Magazine reporter Tuan C. Nguyen highlights MIT startup WiTricity, which is developing new technology for powering electronic devices wirelessly.

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Wireless power transfer over two-meter distance, from the coil on the left to the coil on the right, where it powers a 60W light bulb. Members of the team that performed the experiment are obstructing the direct line of sight between the coils; front row: Peter Fisher (left) and Robert Moffatt; second row: Marin Soljacic; third row: Andre Kurs (left), John Joannopoulos and Aristeidis Karalis.

Goodbye wires!

MIT team experimentally demonstrates wireless power transfer, potentially useful for powering laptops, cell phones without cords