The US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) have extended a grant under Vehicle Technologies (VT) drive to Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center (HATCI) and Mojo Mobility to develop a system ...
Tags: automobile technology, auto accessories, HATCI, electric vehicle
Dell has joined The Alliance for Wireless Power A4WP today, becoming the first major PC original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to join a wireless power standards organization. Dell joins an existing A4WP membership that has grown to over 80 ...
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Computerworld - Starbucks has dropped AT&T as its in-store Wi-Fi provider, teaming up instead with Google and Level 3 Communications to offer 10 times faster network speeds. The coffee shop chain said the changeover will start in August ...
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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. The two companies will come ...
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Samsung's Galaxy S4 requires an accessory case in order to charge wirelessly. Computerworld - When Samsung's new Galaxy S4 smartphone went on sale this month, lost among the fourth-generation phone's new features was its ability to charge ...
Texas Instruments (TI) announced today it will begin shipping wireless charging chips this year that support multiple protocols, allowing a wider range of mobile devices to be charged using competing standards. The first multi-mode chips ...
PowerbyProxi has developed technology that it says can wireless charge AA batteries, smartphones and even headphones -- all at the same time. PowerbyProxi claims the new wireless charging technology improves on the current industry ...
Tags: CES, PowerbyProxi, wireless charge, AA batteries, smartphones
Boston-area Starbucks stores are the first in the nation to take part in a pilot program of Duracell's Powermat wireless charging technology. Seventeen stores in Boston and neighboring Cambridge are included in the wireless charging ...
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Texas Instruments Wednesday unveiled its first single-stage wireless charging integrated chip (IC). TI said the new IC is 60% smaller than its predecessors. The company today also added a power controller chip that it said increases the ...
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