Although it's not currently a possibility at the moment, wireless electricity is becoming a widely researched idea for the future.
Startup company WiTricity, a spin off from MIT researchers, hopes to create the ability to send electricity through the air to power TVs, computers and lamps. WiTricity is close to offering the ability to home owners, as the company has the ability to convert electricity into a magnetic field that can be sent in the air.
WiTricity has been able to harness technology used in battery transformers to help transport electricity through the air, but exact details of the company's research is unknown. What is known is that power jumps across tiny gaps between two coils in regular transformers, and researchers found a way to have the power jump across gaps up to 7-feet in length.
The company now has $5 million funds from Argonaut Private Equity and Stata Venture Partners, with other venture capitalist funding likely possible.
Supporters say wireless electricity could be in virtually every house hold in just five years.
I've heard a bit about wireless electricity before WiTricity's recent announcement, but have a hard time thinking it's just five years until wireless electricity is in most homes. If so, I applaud the companies working on the technology, as it'll be nice to reduce the number of cords and clutter in the house.
