Category
page 1Wireless energy transfer

Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
Wardenclyffe Tower
early experimental wireless transmission station designed and built by Nikola Tesla
wireless power transfer
transmission of electrical energy from a power source to an electrical load without the use of direct conduction
microwave transmission
technology of transmitting information or energy by the use of microwaves
inductive charging
type of wireless power transfer
Qi
open inductive charging interface standard developed by the Wireless Power Consortium
WiTricity
WiTricity Corporation is an American wireless charging technology company based in Watertown, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) spin-off was founded by professor Marin Soljačić in 2007. WiTricity technology allows wireless power transfer over distance via magnetic resonance and the company licenses technology and reference designs for wireless electrical vehicle (EV) charging as well as consumer products such as laptops, mobile phones and televisions.
inductive coupling
electrical circuit coupling using induction

MagSafe wireless charger
proprietary, magnetically-attached wireless power transfer interface by Apple Inc. for iPhone
Resonant inductive coupling
phenomenon with inductive coupling
AirPower
unreleased wireless charger by Apple
Powermat Technologies
WREL
form of wireless resonant energy transfer technology