Using Wi-Fi for Power Transmsission

Researchers Power Small Electronics Using Wi-Fi: Clarkson Waves

Lambert Varias | June 4, 2015

Your Wi-Fi router already brings you Netflix and cat pictures, but someday it might become even more important to your life. A group of researchers from the University of Washington were able to send energy from a Wi-Fi router to low power electronics from up to 28 feet away, without interfering with the router’s – and neighboring routers’ – ability to transmit data. They call their technology Power over Wi-Fi (PoWiFi). 

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