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Disney finally nails free-roaming wireless power delivery (arstechnica.co.uk)
10 points by william_hc 3405 days ago
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Interesting Disney took on wireless charging on their own. Apple supposedly partnered with a 3rd party[1] to bring wireless charging to future iPhones. Of course the scale is different but concept is the same but Disney's approach requires the room to be 'purpose-built'.

[1] https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/243363/is-apple-aapl-teamin...

Just wondering how would Disney benefit from this type of basic hardware research?
At the absolute minimum, I'm sure Walt Disney Imagineering would love to find creative uses for this in their theme parks.
Maybe you can make the coil for a phone cheap enough you can just give guests a wireless phone charger they can just stick to their phone and charge it while they walk around the park.
Disney Parks visits are made considerably better using a smartphone to schedule things. They could give something like this out to all visitors.