Damascus, SANA_ One expert predicted that Electronics such as phones and laptops may start shedding their power cords within a year.

" Wireless electricity may soon make tangled power cords a thing of the past." That’s the prediction of Eric Giler, CEO of WiTricity.

CNN website quoted Giler as saying that WiTricity company is able to power light bulbs using wireless electricity that travels several feet from a power socket.

Giler, whose company is a spinoff of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology research group, says wireless electricity has the potential to cut the need for power cords and throw-away batteries.
“Five years from now, this will seem completely normal,” he said.

“The biggest effect of wireless power is attacking that huge energy wasting that goes on where people buy disposable batteries,” Giler added.

"It also will make electric cars more attractive to consumers," he said, "because they will be able to power up their vehicles simply by driving into a garage that’s fitted with a wireless power mat."

Electric cars are “absolutely gorgeous,” the expert added, “but does anyone really want to plug them in?”

WiTricity’s version of wireless electricity, which converts power into a magnetic field and sends it sailing through the air at a particular frequency, still needs to be refined a bit, he said, but should be commercially available soon.

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