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Not totally what Apple's patent is claiming to do but a charging station isn't exactly new.
 
Wireless Charging

That would be scary. Cancer rates would sky rocket.

This technology has been around since the 1800's - electromagnetic radiation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_energy_transfer

The primary reason it was discontinued was that it made it too easy for consumers to piggy back off of the electric company without paying.

Indeed, cancer rates would skyrocket, and the spike would likely be blamed on Global Warming.
 
I can already feel my brain cells being sucked out by the induction magnets, just from thinking about this concept.

Great idea, just hope its not a contributor to wide spread brain cancer one day.
 
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