Modern day lifestyle of us humans, calls for us owning a multitude of devices ranging from laptops to smartphones to tablets and what not. We just can’t do without them and they have become and integral part of our work as well as our personal lives.

There are literally a million things that we can do on our devices that would be considered nothing less than magical only a century ago. But they all come with the pain of keeping them charged at all times.

You see, even though the modern day gadgets have come a long way in terms of technologies like processing power, storage capacity, screen resolution and a thousand other things, one are has mostly remained the same and that is battery technology.

We just don’t have batteries that can hold an enormous amount of charge for an insane amount of duration and thus we keep reaching for that charger and it’s so annoying! There might be respite on the horizon however as long distance charging is about to become a reality.

True Wireless Charging

The “wireless chargers” of today have been marketed as wireless chargers but they still need to be plugged and the smartphones or other smart devices still have to be kept on a charging pad. Yes, that’s a little more convenient than plugging in a wire but it’s still a pain.

What the world needs today is long distance charging. You know, pretty much like how wifi works. Imagine being able to roam around the house with your phone with you and it getting continuously charged.

If this is realized, we would never have to worry about low charge on our devices just as we don’t worry about internet as long as we are in range of the wifi. How cool would that be?

Several companies have been working on this long distance charging technology for quite a while and many different ways have been explored of doing this. One company called Energous, it seems, has managed to beat the competition and they just might be the first company to offer real life usage to consumers all around the globe.

FCC Approves Energous’ Wireless Charging Tech

I had personally been waiting for this since the time I first heard about the Energous and what they were developing. In fact, Apple was rumored to be working with them to incorporate the technology in their iPhones.

Well it seems like we may finally be able to witness this god send tech in consumer devices soon as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the US, has approved the Wattup Mid Field transmitter with a ‘power at a distance’ certification to it.

The transmitter works by sending radio frequencies to a mobile device which are fitted with a receiver that converts the radio frequencies into electricity. The current range is only 3 feet, but with time that is bound to increase to be able to cover a typical home.

Also, just as multiple devices can connect to the same router for internet access, the transmitter will be able to charge multiple devices at the same time. So, you wouldn’t even need to have separate chargers for each of you in the family.

As the world moves forward with more wireless devices like internet of things, smartwatches, bluetooth earphones, electric cars, the ability to charge all of these wirelessly is the need of the hour. I really hope the technology can quickly make its way to the hands of us consumers.


All images are taken from Energous website