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Ask HN: When will we say “We used to have to charge phones with a wire??”
I predict 2019.
- gjmulhol 12y agoHopefully between now and then (or whenever it happens) we find a way to wirelessly charge things that does not waste 90% of the transmitted power. Maybe some variant of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magne_Charge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magne_Charge. Even a 10% loss is bad, though, and a total waste of power. Every watt counts.
- MalcolmDiggs 12y agoI'm hoping that battery capacity improves enough by then that charging will be an afterthought, something we just do on weekends etc. So there wouldn't be such a focus on the charging mechanism (because using it would be such a rare event).