Induction charging has been around for many years now, but it is inherently wasteful, as the increased amount of power required to creative the induction field means there will be power loss. No amount of materials science will improve that, it's simply a matter of electrical science. The benefit of induction charging has typically been for devices that, for safety reasons, can not have exposed contacts, such as underwater devices, or devices that must be sealed in environments with potentially fammable gasses, etc.

To wilfully and wantonly waste power this way, to no apparent gain, is just incredibly vain and ignorant. I'm apalled that Gizmodo would even report on such a device without looking deeper into the global impact of the device.

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