Start Me Up

So ever since reading an article on charging batteries in remote devices wirelessly a few months ago, I've been very hung up on how cool an idea this "wireless energy transfer" is. Apparently, at the moment, only relatively small amounts of energy can be moved over relatively small distances. But it looks like there are companies working on improving this. So, I'm picturing a future where all floors in buildings are made out of material that shoots energy at all the devices in the building. The floors would get their power from clean, natural, renewable energy sources. Meanwhile, all devices would come with environmentally-friendly batteries that would last a lifetime (which might not be that long with all this radiation shooting up at us...).

Think about how nice it would be to never have to plug anything in, or have to arrange everything in your room around where the plugs are. Some people who constantly feel the need to keep their cellphones off when not in use would no longer have an excuse for that, because they would be constantly charging/charged. And, of course, all our devices could be as pretty as the iPhone because we'd never have to dissect them to get at the battery.

Sounds pretty good.