Archos hasn’t revealed prices yet.
The products includeEarTechnichearing aids,Gokhale PostureTrackermedical monitors andWilliot smart tracking tags.
Energous didn’t reveal prices and availability.
“Suddenly you’re gonna wanna start worrying about how you keep these devices alive.”
In addition to Ossia, Powercast and Energous, start-upGuRu Wirelessis also a contender.
Short range charging took off in earnest only after the industry settled on a single standard.
One barrier to getting long range charging in homes and businesses is cost.
(Some of that cost is offset by eliminating conventional power electronics.)
There’s also a size tradeoff.
Miniaturization is nice, but larger transmitting and receiving antennas can beam more power.
Cota works on devices as small as a AA battery.
Different varieties of longer range wireless charging are arriving, too.
