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Intel's Wireless Power Play

A research project cuts the electric cord, wirelessly charging an electronic device.


he project that received the most attention by far was the demo of a wirelessly charged iPod speaker. The speaker was attached to a copper coil with a 30-centimeter diameter, and it was powered by magnetic fields produced from a second coil, with double the diameter, nearly a meter away.