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Motorola Developing Over-The-Air Wireless Charging 
 
The new technology would provide users with medium-distance wireless charging using radio waves, so users can juice up while simply sitting near a charging hub. The new feature could be made possible thanks to a new partnership between Motorola and GuRu Wireless, the latter of which offers safe and “customizable transmission of power over-the-air using proprietary millimeter-wave (mmWave) integrated circuits, modules and proprietary Smart RF Lensing technology.” said Dan Dery, VP of Product at Motorola. 
A number of companies have explored over-the-air wireless charging, but the technology is still in the nascent stage and has yet to catch on Motorola didn’t reveal when its first smartphone with over-the-air wireless charging would be available, instead saying it imagines a “new generation of wirelessly powered devices.”