Now this is cool:
The tangle of cables and plugs needed to recharge today’s electronic gadgets could soon be a thing of the past. … US researchers have outlined a relatively simple system that could deliver power to devices such as laptop computers or MP3 players without wires. … The concept exploits century-old physics and could work over distances of many metres, the researchers said.
When I don’t hate technology, I love it!
Update: Stephen Ng pointed me to this product that apparently alreayd embodies this technology: wireless extension cords! (Ng says: It’s not real, it was an April Fools joke. Look below where it says “Availability” on the right. Also note the weird warning at the end of the description.)
10:24 am on November 15, 2006
