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Xiaomi Announces 'Mi Air Charge' Remote Wireless Charging Technology

What happens to batteries when they’re constantly charged at 100% by being around these all day long?

I too am worried about the safety of these beams constantly floating around the house.

That being said, I really hope Apple comes to the arena with their patents for this tech. Knowing Apple it will be very polished. Maybe 18W wireless charging? (Actually wireless. I never bought into this whole puck charging nonsense. It’s worse than a cord because you can’t pick it up and use it while it’s charging. Overnight, sure. But every other use case it’s worse off)
 
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Proof of concept. I would say this technology is at least 5 years away from being practical. There are other considerations like how would this work for outside the home in public spaces where you need to charge the phone. The next step is a portless iPhone. I suspect MagSafe is an interim solution.
 
this would be the real wireless world and always-online in the future; and then we will no longer worry about the battery life (or there would be even no built-in battery in our mobile devices).
My only concern might be the impact on health or signal interference, maybe also the interference on medical equipment...
 
I don't care what they say, I am not going near electricity that travels in the air. I am already do not trust radio waves but all the doctors and scientist say it has 0 effect.
 
Mcckoe said:
Lol, without quantumly accelerated electrons, how do you plan to generate enough charge to even start a chain reaction flow? Years away, and in its current scope, you’d need two or three of these in every room... static generated capacitance fabrics hold more of a chance of charging your phone through a carbon discharged case; than this has to becoming mainstream... Tech needs to get better, before this is really possible
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Maybe you are just way over thinking this...
🤔 go low tech. crank it up to a hair dryer and just let her rip. Nicolai Tesla would be proud 😊
 
MacBH928 said:
I don't care what they say, I am not going near electricity that travels in the air. I am already do not trust radio waves but all the doctors and scientist say it has 0 effect.
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Yeah. You can bet your beautiful Brazilian butt this thing has side affects. We’re talking Big League problems. Anybody who can still trust their own judgment after the last 6 years of fake news knows you’re absolutely right.
 
I think people are taking the 5W and looking at that as too slow but not really considering the fact that your phone is going to be slowly charging when you are in the room at all times under all conditions. My phone is sitting next to me right now doing absolutely nothing besides slowly draining the battery (as it is obviously on and connected to wifi, LTE, etc). Instead, it could be doing all of those things but also slowly charging.

I imagine this tech has nowhere to go but up. Look at how much faster Qi chargers have become from where they began. You don't have to be an early adopter, but you should consider the possibilities. So long as health risks are understood, I see no reason not to get excited about this.
 
Taz Mangus said:
Proof of concept. I would say this technology is at least 5 years away from being practical. There are other considerations like how would this work for outside the home in public spaces where you need to charge the phone. The next step is a portless iPhone. I suspect MagSafe is an interim solution.
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Eric Giler demonstrated this in a TedX in 2009
 
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genovelle said:
I remember an article claiming this is what Apple was working on 4 years ago. There was even a patent listing. Maybe it was the 5W slow charging that changed their minds.
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4 years ago most if not all iPhones were charged with 5W even with a wired connection, and until last year all iPhones when the ‘pro’ model came with a fast charger, all other iPhones always came with a 5W charger.
 
notabadname said:
Neat in theory, but seems like a waste of energy too. How many watts are being consumed continuously to beam mm Wave energy into a space so that the portion your phone receives equates to 5W. What is the watt/hour consumption of this device I wonder? It it smart enough to detect if the device is in the beam, and if not, stop transmitting energy?
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Yes. 0W when device is not present. That’s how it works. The device has to have the client end of the special array of antennas and coils to be recognized and to transmit precise location to then receive the beam formed power.
 
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Solomani said:
Apple will do it right.

Xiaomi will give you cancer. ;)
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Apple has already perfected charging.

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Hmmm, now where do I think I’ve heard about proven working wireless energy before...

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dba415 said:
Apple will announce it 3 years later and then people will think they invented it!
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Ideas can’t be copied. I bet all tech companies are working towards that.
whoever does it properly, safely and efficiently first, gets the crown in my book. And we know who that is likely to be.
 
Well, let’s see...144 antennae, plus the computing power to create the beam forming concept and adapt it in real time for devices moving in three dimensions...this thing’s gonna cost at least a thousand US dollars.

but I can dump my $19 quick charge cubes!
 
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