Electricity Without Wires

Since the era of commercial electricity dawned in the late 19th century, electrical devices have relied upon wires, which are connected either to a generation source or to an electrical storage unit such as a battery. Things would be a lot simpler if the electricity could be moved directly from the generation source to its place of consumption without wires or batteries. Over the past century, a number of researchers have examined this possibility, but it has only been in the last few years that such solutions have become feasible. What will this technology .....

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