Google Nexus Gets Wireless Charger 223
judgecorp writes "Wireless charging has had little success so far (except for toothbrushes) but Google is giving it a good try, with a Nexus Wireless Charger that works with LG's Nexus 4 and 5 as well as the latest version of Google's tablet, the second generation Nexus 7. The charger operates using the Qi standard, which seems to be ahead of rival Powermat."
Re:The distinction is minor (Score:5, Interesting)
The most likely part of a connector to wear out are the springs - which is why in the MicroUSB standard, the springs are in the plug (e.g. the cable) and not the socket.
What ever happened to pogo port charging? (Score:5, Interesting)
I don't really need wireless charging, I'd be happy to drop my phone into a dock with pogo port pins to allow easy charging without connecting a cable (and without wiggling the phone to get it to seat on a microUSB connector in the bottom of a dock). Seems like a cheaper and easier solution than wireless charging.
Why didn't more phones use that simple technology? I never did find a compatible dock for my CDMA Galaxy Nexus.
Re:If we had not ignored telsa (Score:4, Interesting)
That wasn't one of the times. 1 or 2% efficiency for power transmission is unacceptable. Pneumatic power was better then that. Whale oil lamps were better then that.
He could never have proven it. Period. It did not work in a practical sense. It can never work.
You can beam power, if you build big fucking antennas at both ends.
If you could build a magic transmitter that didn't radiate into the sky, you'd still lose intensity with the square of distance. Field intensities strong enough to power a house could also start fires on things like aluminum window frames.