The end of the plug?
So if this really works, I wonder how long before we can get these at Tech-Ed, so we can all use our laptops and phones to our hearts content, without trying to snag a seat near a power outlet:
Scientists have sounded the death knell for the plug and power lead.
In a breakthrough that sounds like something out of Star Trek, they have discovered a way of 'beaming' power across a room into a light bulb, mobile phone or laptop computer without wires or cables.
In the first successful trial of its kind, the team was able to illuminate a 60-watt light bulb 7ft away.