IDT and Intel Join Forces For Wireless Charging

Posted by timothy on Thursday August 30, 2012 @04:53AM from the electromagnetic-forces-of-course dept.

MojoKid writes "Intel has selected Integrated Device Technology (IDT) to develop an integrated transmitter and receiver chipset for the company's Wireless Charging Technology (WCT) based on magnetic resonance technology, it was announced [Wednesday]. The technology won't require you to plop your smartphone or other gear on a special charging mat (based on inductive charging), but you will be able to wirelessly charge your devices from an equipped device like a notebook. In addition, magnetic resonance charging is significantly more efficient than previous generation inductive technologies and it produces less heat build up in the process. Intel didn't say when WCT will appear in shipping products, but promised to update plans and timelines at a later date."

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This will be even better by geekoid · 2012-08-30 04:57 · Score: 4, Insightful

in a car.
I would love for my phones to charge automatically when I ma in the car, or at home. No more wires.

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mag field "leakage" problems anyone?? by RobertLTux · 2012-08-30 05:01 · Score: 4, Insightful

you have to figure that there should be a considerable magnetic field around these devices so how will this work with say Flash drives credit cards and other "stuff" that does not like being in a above background mag field??

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We're joke by postmortem · 2012-08-30 05:05 · Score: 4, Insightful

70 yrs after death of Tesla we're not able to figure wireless power distribution.