The BBC talked to wireless power company WiTricity’s CEO Eric Giler at the TED conference in Oxford.

The piece notes that Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla wanted to transmit electricity wirelessly, but bumped up against financing problems. Giler said his product could be used for mobile phones, implanted medical devices and other technology:

“Imagine driving in the garage and the car charges itself,” he said.

He even said he had had interest from a company who proposed to use the system for an “electrically-heated dog bowl”.

“You go from the sublime to the ridiculous,” he said.

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