received certification for Cota<\/a>, its tech that uses radio frequencies to safely deliver up to 1W of power within a distance of 1m.<\/p>\nSo, can we start juicing up our phones without putting them down already? Well, not quite. The nod from the US Federal Communications Commission allows Ossia to market and sell its tech nationwide, but not for residential use \u2013 only for industrial and commercial purposes.\u00a0That means we\u2019ll still need to wait a bit before we can use these at home, with products we can buy off the shelf.<\/p>\n
The company will partner with other firms to build solutions for asset tracking in factories, as well as for any situation where it\u2019s cumbersome to route power cables. CEO Mario Obeidat told me this could extend to powering things like sensors, and robotic arms operating in safety cages. And of course, there are a range of IoT devices that could benefit from wireless power delivery.<\/p>\n
How does it work?<\/h2>\n
Over-the-air charging technology requires a transmitter \u2013 a device that\u2019s akin to a Wi-Fi router in size and how it can be placed in a room \u2013 to send power in the form of a radio frequency (RF) signal to a receiver. The receiver is small enough to be embedded in laptops, phones, and other gadgets, and it converts these signals into DC power.<\/p>\n