CES preview continued: wireless power

Wireless technology is going to be a big theme at this year’s CES, as almost everything is going wireless these days, including the power supply. Fulton Innovation will be showing its eCoupled technology, which can wirelessly charge devices without needing different adapters, to power an enabled laptop computer. According to the press release, this technology can be used for almost any electrical device:

“To demonstrate the versatility of eCoupled technology, Fulton Innovation will display wireless power in action with a variety of additional devices, including low-power applications like the Apple iPod and Microsoft Zune; to medium-power applications like the laptop; to high-power applications like an electric frying pan, George Foreman grill and food processor.”

Even better, is that Fulton Innovation claims the eCoupled technology actually saves power by only drawing what it needs, unlike most plugged-in devices that continuously draw small amounts of energy even when not turned on.

Most of the announcements of new products to be showcased at CES are of the “bigger/smaller, faster, better” variety; and although a 1 TB disc or 32 GB flash drive are pretty cool, new concepts like wireless power really expand what’s possible.