"ENERGY: Practical apps in works for wireless energy transfer"

A technology shown at the Consumer Electronics Show that uses wireless energy transfer to power small devices or recharge batteries could be headed to market this year. At Philips Electronics N.V.'s CES booth, Powercast LLC (Ligonier, Pa.) showed its Powercaster energy beacon and several Powerharvester modules powering sensors directly and recharging the batteries in remote controls, iPods and cell phones. Philips plans to announce its first consumer device using paired Powercasters and Powerharvester modules in 2007. Medical implants will also begin using wireless energy transfers in 2007, Powercast said.
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