WiTricity

Have you heard of the term "WiTricity"? WiTricity refers to wireless electricity transfer. It is a technology that exploits the age old principle where objects in electromagnetic resonance can transfer energy through short distances (2 meters). It's a viable technology right now. I think this technology will bring significant changes to the world.

• No need for roadwarriors to carry around arrays of adaptors for their devices
• No need to bring converters for the different kinds of wall plugs that different countries use.
  
• Does that mean further down the road, there's no need for batteries as wireless electricity becomes ubiquitous? WiFi is already heading this direction via developments like WiMax. Everything from iPods to refrigerators will run on wireless electricity.
  
• Does that mean our iPods and NDS's will just run and run, no longer hampered by battery life?
• Does that mean our devices will be smaller? Although I realize the size of laptops are limited by heating issues that computer chips impose.
  
• How about electric vehicles that runs via wireless electricity stations mounted on lamp posts?

The lists goes on. This is a technology that promises to change lives, industries and the world.