Energous has seen its share price more than double this year, largely on the promise of a smartphone future without electrical outlets or charging mats. Energous, based in San Jose, California, 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. In the second half of next year, Energous's technology will be used in a transmitter that can charge devices from 1.5m away using radio waves, according to CEO Steve Rizzone. In 2018, the company hoped to introduce a similar transmitter that could be integrated into devices like flat-screen TVs to juice up gadgets from 4.5m away, Rizzone said. The company declined to share efficiency data. Early wireless charging technologies have been slow to catch on, but successful application of so-called Wireless Charging 2.0 would ...
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