This Room Could Wirelessly Charge All Your Devices

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September 07, 2021

Dear Reader, Our lead story covers a new technology that could wirelessly charge all your devices. The researchers devised a way to expand the range of wireless charging, while keeping it safe for human exposure. Also featured this week, a documentary delves into efforts to provide space internet and the perils of mismanaged funding.

Tanya Lewis, Senior Editor, Health & Medicine @tanyalewis314

Energy This Room Could Wirelessly Charge All Your Devices New technology delivers power to electronic devices in a test space By Sophie Bushwick

Technology Starlink, Internet From Space and the Precarious Future of Broadband in Rural America President Biden's infrastructure plan includes an unprecedented $65 billion for broadband deployment, but money alone will not fix America's Internet problem. This short documentary shows why. By Jacob Templin

Fossil Fuels New Tech Can Reveal a Vast Network of Methane Leaks But it is unclear if oil and gas companies and their regulators will respond By Anna Kuchment

Sports How Paralympic Wheelchairs and Prostheses Are Optimized for Speed and Performance The engineering and designs vary widely from sport to sport and athlete to athlete By Sophie Bushwick

Agriculture In-Hive Sensors Could Help Ailing Bee Colonies The technology could help beekeepers reduce short-term losses, but it doesn't address long-term problems facing honeybees By Allison LaSorda

Public Health YouTube's Plan to Showcase Credible Health Information Is Flawed, Experts Warn Search results may include a special section with videos from sources that are deemed reliable By Grant Currin

Behavior Apple's New Child Safety Technology Might Harm More Kids Than It Helps Features designed to guard against sexual abuse carry the potential for unintended consequences By Elissa Redmiles

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QUOTE OF THE DAY "The prospect of having a room where a variety of devices could just receive power anywhere is really compelling and exciting." Joshua Smith, professor of computer science and electrical engineering at the University of Washington

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Why Can't We All Charge Our Phones Wirelessly? Charging your phone wirelessly all day long may not be far off By David Pogue | September 2017

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