This Router Provides Wireless Charging Over a Five Meter Radius For Upto 12 Devices

Plugging in all your devices to charge
can be tedious, even more tedious than
finding out that your phone and laptop
and tablet are all out of juice at once.

Wireless charging is making small
strides at last and though some devices
have a wireless charging pad, you still
have to place the device on it to begin
charging. Nikola Tesla’s dream of
powering the planet is too far off to
make predictions but this year at CES,
a device from a company called
Energous aims to change that.

The device uses WattUp technology (not
as catchy as Wifi but maybe it’ll catch
on) to connect to your devices via
bluetooth and beam them energy at
5.7-5.8 GHz. Its able to deliver 1/4
Watts to 12 devices and 4 Watts to 4
devices at once at a distance of 1.5
meters. The power drops to about a
Watt at the 4.5 meter mark.

An iPhone charger delivers 5 Watts of
power but with this thing in the house
the makers are hoping your battery
power won’t run low in the first place.

There are also other perks. WattUp can
be made to charge what is essential
according to you. You can use it to
keep your phone at 100% at all times
and to charge your wireless mouse just
when its barely clinging on to life. And
if there are multiple Watt Up routers in
the house, your devices will just charge
depending on which router is the
closest to them.

Now for the bad, there are tremendous
energy losses with Wireless charging.
WattUp is only 70% efficient, and until
further notice, batteries from Energous
are the only ones that will be able to
charge with WattUp.
The price however is not a drawback.
At $300 the price is OK compared to
chargers.
Verdict: We all need this badly.