Wireless Power Is Coming

Companies like Energous and Ossia are developing ‘true’ wireless charging that works over the air so you can power up at a distance. But don’t throw away your charging cable just yet.

Mobile World Congress is one of those events that make you realize the thin line between civilization and barbarism is the width of a single charging cable.

Anyone who’s attended  MWC (or any massive trade show) is familiar with the creeping dread caused by watching your phone’s battery power seep away over the course of a very long workday. Tweet by tweet, photo by photo, text by text, the percentage points tick away, until you’re scrambling in your bag for a battery packamid a tangle of chargers and cables or searching the packed halls and press lounges for a free plug point-an oasis in the desert.