How To Charge Your Device Anywhere In The Room

Want charging to be as easy as connecting to Wi-Fi? Meet Wi-Charge.

Wi-Charge is a long-range wireless charging system that charges your device wherever you are in the room. No cord necessary. The range can be up to 10 meters indoors. Wi-Charge uses infrared beams to deliver power. The charging process is slower than normal cable charging, but it happens without you even knowing. You simply place your phone in line-of-sight to begin charging. Wi-charge proved the machine’s capabilities by running a model without a battery. It’s been approved by the FDA and will arrive in commercial public spaces in early 2018. The future is about to get more convenient.

Landline Phones Are a Dying Breed

As smartphones have become a constant companion for most people in the United States, landline phones are rapidly losing their relevance. In 2004, more than 90 percent of households in the U.S. had an operational landline phone – now it’s (significantly) less than 50 percent. That’s according to data provided by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, which has been tracking phone ownership in the U.S. as a by-product of its biannual National Health Interview Survey since 2004.

If the trend continues at the current pace, and there’s little reason to believe it won’t, landline phones could soon become an endangered species, much like the VCR and other technological relics before it.

This chart shows how landline phones are gradually losing relevance in the United States.

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