[pbw]

Just wondering how would Disney benefit from this type of basic hardware research?

[nrb]

At the absolute minimum, I'm sure Walt Disney Imagineering would love to find creative uses for this in their theme parks.

[sand500]

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.

[mesozoic]

Disney Parks visits are made considerably better using a smartphone to schedule things. They could give something like this out to all visitors.