What started out as an MIT project two years ago has now progressed into a full-fledged company -- ladies and gentlemen, meet WiTricity Corp. Auntie Beeb (thats the BBC for you Yanks) has grabbed the firms CEO Eric Giler to discuss some pretty aggressive plans for bringing wireless power to the masses. Yes, were talking actual through-the-air wireless as opposed to something like Palms Touchstone, which requires physical contact between charger and chargee. Based on magnetic induction, the magical technology is apparently mature enough to be deployed in the relatively near future, and if all goes to plan, "near future" could translate into "18 months from now." Also of note, Intel is hard at work developing the original concept, and if the parallel engineering of the same idea by two companies isnt enough to get your skepticism dialed down and your browser to the video past the break, what is?
