Charge your iPod, other devices wirelessly with Splashpad

i want my children to ask me one day: "daddy what were wires?"

I remember hearing about these earlier in the year. I got well excited until i realised they weren't available to purchase but then i saw this on the front of TUAW and thought they'd finally gotten around to selling them! unfortunatly not :( AND im posative when i checked the site originally, many months ago, the prototype was really really thin - not like the one shown on the site now. It literally was like an inch thick, it's a shame they've had to increase it's profile.

Right. "A thin, customizable SplashModule Power Receiver must be attached to the mobile device in order for the SplashPad to be able to charge it." Which means the point of it is...?

Wysiwyg, its not really 'wireless'. They aren't broadcasting the energy around the room, it would be simple induction through the device - which I wasn't aware was working much outside the lab.

Wysiwyg, it's been around for years! using parts of a microwave you can make a ray-gun that will turn lights on even when there is no power!

A thin, customizable SplashModule Power Receiver must be attached to the mobile device in order for the SplashPad to be able to charge it. Ok, now i get it. A dynamo. Guess i should read the entire thread before writing anything. PS: Just for the record, this e-mail confirmation system is annoying. Cant we just register to comment?

Oh, fo Chissake! Wireless POWER?!? Cmon, how could this be remotly possible without killing everyone in the room?

I wouldn't put a device with a hard drive any where near this thing.

Yeah, magnetic induction. Unless it's a very weak field, or the charging module isolates it, I think that might be a bit troubling for iPod users, Nano and Shuffle owners being the exception, of course.

this is the method the sonicare toothbrushes uses to charge right?