三家公司競相研發手機無線充電器
The consumer tech marketplace offers a range of pad-based charging systems that require contact between smartphone and charging mechanism. The dream, however, is to create a wireless in-room network, much like Wi-Fi, that instantly charges devices when you're in range.
消費者技術市場提供了一系列以襯墊爲基礎的充電系統，這些系統要求手機和充電器相連。然而，人們一直夢想着創造一個像Wi-Fi一樣的室內無線系統，可以在有限範圍內不斷爲設備充電。A San Jose-based company called Energous is busy creating WattUp, a wire-free charging system that can power gadgets up to 15 feet away using a combination of RF (radio frequency), Bluetooth and other imperceptible tech. The company is aiming to have WattUp embedded in devices ranging from smartphones to toys as early as next year.
一個名爲Energous的聖荷西本土公司正忙於研發WaitUp，這是一款能夠和無線電配率、藍牙和隱形技術一起使用，在15英尺外給小配件充電的無線充電系統。公司希望最早在明年，WaltUp可以嵌入從智能手機到玩具的各類裝置。
Arriving even sooner is the XE from TechNovator, a company out of Poland and Ukraine. The XE is a tower that communicates via electromagnetic resonance with a smartphone case that then safely translates those energy waves into electricity. TechNovator plans to launch with a Kickstarter campaign in November focusing on iPhone 6 and 6 Plus cases.
波蘭和烏克蘭的TechNovator公司的XE出現的更早。XE是一個通過電磁感應和智能手機交流的塔樓，他可以安全地把那些能量波轉化爲電流。TechNovator計劃在十一月推出針對Iphone 6和Iphone 6
But while the XE tower is impossible to ignore, uBeam is aiming for a base station that is all but invisible and takes the form of a wafer-thin ceiling tile. And while initially uBeam may use smartphone covers to transfer power, eventually one option could be to embed small chips directly into handsets, according to uBeam founder Meredith Perry, 26.
儘管XE無線塔不容忽視，但是uBeam正致力於搭建一個無形的基站，它看起來像是一層薄薄的天花板瓷磚。首先,uBeam可能會用智能手機來傳遞能量，但是據uBeam創始人Meredith Perry解釋，最終可能會直接在手機中嵌入芯片。The Santa Monica-based start-up has raised $23.2 million from the likes of Mark Cuban, Marissa Mayer and super-agent Ari Emanuel. While still very secretive about her tech, Perry is doggedly focused on a vision for wireless charging that aims to do away with power cords.
聖莫妮卡初創企業已經從向Mark Cuban，Marissa Mayer和超級經紀人Ari Emanuel這樣的粉絲中籌集了2320萬美金。雖然她的技術仍然很神祕，Perry仍然固執地致力於去除充電線的無線充電幻想中。Perry is one of four guests at USA TODAY's Change Agents Live event Sept. 29 in San Francisco.
Perry是將於9月29日在聖弗朗西斯哥舉行的今日美國變革代理商直播活動的四位嘉賓之一。
