"Wednesday at a physics conference in San Francisco, a group of researchers proposed a new way to transfer power wirelessly. Marin Soljacic and his MIT colleagues' idea involves "electromagnetic resonances," in which energy jumps between two locations, just as it does inside an electric motor or transformer. This phenomenon is called tunneling in quantum mechanics, and evanescent coupling in electromagnetics. Technology based on this proposal could mean wireless gadgets such as cell phones and iPods never have to be plugged into a wall outlet"

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/MIT_researchers_invent_way_to_transfer_electricity_wirelessly

> This phenomenon is called tunneling in quantum mechanics, and evanescent coupling in electromagnetics.

Wow, that's an idiotic statement. I see it has been edited out since then, though.

Updated text:
"Marin Soljacic and his MIT colleagues revived an idea which involves a source that creates a short range oscillating field. Nearby circuits that resonate at the frequency of the source absorb some of the energy. The system would operate in much the same way as the coils inside a transformer, except that the researchers believe they can develop sources that transfer energy over much longer distances than is typical in transformers. Technology based on this proposal could mean wireless gadgets such as cell phones and iPods never have to be plugged into a wall outlet."

what about nikola teslas plans and devices for transmitting wireless electricity?? this is not a new concept it is 50 years old at least.

pleas disregard my last st8ment. nikola tesla is mentioned in the link,a little.