Wireless Blender Churns Up Cords

Can’t live with them, can’t live without them! Those black power cords are almost always annoying but there’s no way around it - unless manufacturers can license Fulton Innovation’s wireless power technology. Fulton did a demo today integrating its technology into a blender to show how it can work in a "high powered device." The blender works without a power cord or cable. It is placed on what Fulton calls countertop that has ‘eCoupled-enabled’ Here’s how it works. Fulton, which is a subsidiary of Amway, splits a power supply coil into two parts, one of which is built into a surface (hence the eCoupled-enabled surface) and the other is incorporated into the device to power or charge. A shared electromagnetic field is generated when the power supply and receiving coils are positioned near each other, wirelessly transferring power to or charging the device, says Fulton. An eCoupled-enabled surface recognizes dev...