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Powermat may have a bright future, but the company’s products to date have been expensive, slightly clunky and a generally imperfect solution for bringing wireless power to mobile devices. That could all change with WiCC.
The Wireless Charging Card (WiCC) is an IEEE Power Matters Alliance (PMA) standard, with the potential to integrate Duracell Powermat technology within every mobile gadget.
The incredibly thin device resembles those wafer-like SmartMedia cards once used in early digital cameras, with a similar form factor, but significantly more practicality. Each WiCC includes all the PowerMat circuitry found in the company’s charging cases, while also doubling as an NFC antenna.
The card’s success is of course contingent on cooperation from device manufacturers, who will need to add a slim connector above the battery leads, including two for power, two for NFC and two for data — an app will monitor charging. Powermat reps say that such a connector would cost pennies to implement, however, making it a potentially easy sell.
Sounds pretty cool, especially how it works. I will like to have one of these, won’t you?
