Wireless Electricity: The Wave of The Future.

I'm sure many of you have heard of the latest PowerMat which is a product that charges your cellphones and electronics without plugging it in but just placing it on the mat but the technology has actually found a wider range and more significant place in the future of our lives. I actually stumbled upon it when i was looking for possible things to invest in should the chance come up.

Wireless electricity or WiTricity as christened by the MIT developers is a new method of delivering electricity. It works like your wireless internet router. The router/wireless unit sends out the signal/electricity to the receiver/appliance. Marin Soljačić an assistant professor at MIT actually developed the idea when one night he couldn't sleep because his wife's cellphone wouldn't stop beeping because it was low on battery. He thought to himself wouldn't it be wonderful if the phone could charge itself? So he set out to find out ways he could make his idea come to life.

But the idea isn't something new, in the early 20th century inventor Nikola Tesla experimented with wireless electricity with success by transmitting energy over a 20 mile radius to various light bulbs along the way. The idea was shot down as at the time people didn't know the effects of the transmission on the health of people. Tesla is known as the father of electricity and is credited with the AC power that we use today. He had also invented the first radio but a court awarded the patent rights to Marconi. Tesla had worked on a wide range of invention that we use today but died a broke man.

Coming back to WiTiricity, it's concept is not based on long distance transmission but as of now works in the confines of our homes. The inventors are working on hiding the transmitters in the ceilings and walls of our houses and it will charge our electric cars, appliances and more. They have already successfully done it and it will only be a matter of time before it is available for mass consumers. Watch the video for a demonstration.