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Wireless Power Consortium Pushes for "Qi" Standard

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the someone-call-apple dept.

The Wireless Power Consortium (comprised of Samsung, Sanyo, Olympus, Philips, Texas Instruments, and others) has started a push towards a wireless charging standard under the moniker "Qi" (pronounced "chee"). "Members of the Wireless Power Consortium are reviewing version 0.95 of its technical specification which defines a proposed standard for charging devices, using up to 5Watts power, delivered by electromagnetic induction. The spec could evolve into a standard — and will be demonstrated by multiple vendors on September 15th to 16th. ... It is less ambitious than the system demonstrated this summer by Witricity, which operates at a distance of a few meters, using resonance, which the company claims has green benefits through replacing disposable batteries."

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  1. Re:Pronounced "Chee" by Again · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...for those that don't want to read the summary but may wish to discuss it intelligently in person.

    There. Fixed that for you.

  2. A step in the right direction by Peter+Steil · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is definitely a step in the right direction. I know it's really frustrating looking for a non-standard plug for my phone. I'm sure the days of searching for the right power adapter are limited.

  3. Yucky. by Fantastic+Lad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Kind of like the corruption of the Elves into Orcs in LOTR, the idea of charging the air with yet more EM pollution and calling it "Qi" makes a sick mockery of the real thing.

    And there's a frickin' pyramid with an eye ball on the dollar bill.

    We're being laughed at even as we are mutilated and enslaved.

    Cue the conceited, ill-informed rationalizations.

    -FL

  4. So... by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will Nintendo adopt it? Because I want a Qi Wii. And assemble it in Finland so the factory's website will be QiWii.fi

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    1. Re:So... by rabiddeity · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why not New Zealand instead of Finland? Then you could have a Kiwi Qi Wii.

  5. Re:Transliteration is dumb by Slartibartfass · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can you imagine how boring and hideous it would be if every word was spelled phonetically?

    You mean like, french?

  6. Re:Health Issues? by el3mentary · · Score: 2, Funny

    Watt is the unit of Power?

    I'm sorry I'll get my coat

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  7. Re:This standard will fail by Fex303 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just because it has a name that is not intuitively pronounceable. Idiots.

    Yeah, just like Nintendo's latest console, which flopped because its name was both not intuitively pronounceable. Does anyone even remember the Wii?

  8. Re:Qi: The Greatest of All Scrabble Words by fractoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    Great. Now whenever I see 'qi' I'll mentally pronounce it as 'aieee! *pound*'

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