Science and Technology: Wireless Power

‘Wireless power' spells end for cables
No more batteries, no more chargers and no more wire spaghetti. This is the future promised by "wireless power", a process for broadcasting electricity through the air to laptops, iPods and other gadgets without the need for cables and sockets.

Among the companies showcasing the ambitious technology at CES is PowerBeam. Its system turns electricity into an invisible laser, then literally beams it, as heat, across the room to a solar cell that converts it back into electricity.

David Graham, the co-founder of PowerBeam, told the Observer: "We're going to delete the word 'recharge' from the English dictionary. If your cellphone is recharging on your desk all day, you won't be thinking about it."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jan/04/wireless-power-technology-witricity