Phone Dead? These Companies Want to Charge It From a Distance
- Energous, Ossia, WiTricity all aim to become go-to standard
- Early attempts at wireless charging haven’t hit the mainstream
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Energous Corp. has seen its share price more than double this year, largely on the promise of a smartphone future without electrical outlets or charging mats.
San Jose, California-based Energous is one of a handful of companies racing to introduce technologies that may allow our phones, tablets and smartwatches to be powered from across a room -- all at the same time and completely wirelessly. And 2017 may be the year they finally find their way into consumers’ homes.