Dell Wirelessly Charging PC Marks WiTricity’s First Consumer Device
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“I think it’s just a significant proof point that large, global brands can integrate this technology into their products,” WiTricity CEO Alex Gruzen says in an interview.WiTricity’s technology works by running AC electricity through a special coil embedded in a charging device, which converts the energy to a higher frequency and voltage and creates a type of magnetic field.WiTricity has seen demand not only from consumer electronics makers, but also car manufacturers and suppliers, industrial machinery companies, and medical device firms.One of the main competing technologies uses magnetic induction, which requires the transmitting and receiving coils to be aligned in a precise way and placed more closely together—usually with the device and charging station physically touching.Gruzen argues that magnetic resonance offers “a better user experience” than competing technologies and will ultimately win in the consumer electronics market.
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