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How wireless recharging works – and doesn't, yet

  • Written by Shashank Priya, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Just put the phone down, and it'll charge right up.Wisanu Boonrawd/Shutterstock.com

Though the days of hardwired wall-mounted phones are ending and wireless internet connections are common at home and on the go, people are still dependent on cords to charge their mobile devices. My research, and that of others in the field, is working toward the...

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