Duracell's Powermat Ties the Knot With PowerKiss 61
Lucas123 writes "Powermat Technologies has announced an agreement to merge with its European counterpart, PowerKiss, in a deal that will make what once was two disparate wireless power specifications come together under one. Among airports, coffee shops, malls and arenas, Powermat, owned by Duracell, claims it has more than 1,500 charging spots in the U.S. In Europe, PowerKiss said it has 1,000 charging spots in airports, hotels and cafes; it also recently announced wireless charging at some McDonald's restaurants. Powermat and PowerKiss are attempting to prevail against the competing Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), which supports the widely adopted Qi (pronounced "chee") standard used in Nokia, Samsung, and LG products. Like the Qi standard, the PMA's Power 2.0 specification is based on magnetic induction wireless power technology."
Well that sounds positive (Score:4, Funny)
What bright spark came up with the idea of this merger?
Perhaps we could have one charging company merge with another time after time after time, thereby doing it in series.
Re:Well that sounds positive (Score:5, Funny)
No, they should merge all at the same time, in parallel. That way we don't ramp up the voltage.