Archive for April, 2007

Powercast: True Wireless Charging

Friday, April 27th, 2007

If you’ve ever had your phone’s battery die in the middle of a call or have found yourself searching for the charger to your MP3 player, Powercast has a solution. Soon, you’ll be able to ditch the cords without worrying about dead batteries and will be able to use one device to charge all of your gadgets…

Read more at Laptop Magazine

ZD NET - Berlind’s Testbed

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

If someone invents this battery charger, I’ll buy it (and so will a few million people)

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Sky Radio Interview

Monday, April 9th, 2007

image Listen to John Shearer, CEO of Powercast, on Sky Radio.

Listen to the interview here

BuzzFeed

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

New startup company owns the patents for a new product that will channel wireless power. Wow, it’s like we’re holding the future in our hands.

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Extreme Tech

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

Cords and cables have been a reality for consumer devices since the advent of home electronics. That reality may be changing very soon, however …

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Powercast

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

image Here is a brief video we’ve put together talking about Powercast’s technology.

Watch the video here

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Engadget

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

We know, energy without wires has always seemed like one of those novel concepts that sounds terrific in theory, but remains a tad difficult to imagine hitting the commercial scene for some time to come.

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Cutting the Last Cord: Sending Power Over Radio Waves

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

Powercast’s system delivers one to two watts of power over 915-megahertz radio waves using a transmitter embedded in an unobtrusive object - say, a lamp [as shown in this prototype].

Read More Here…