IKEA is planning wireless charging stations in furniture
from David Wurm 
on March 01, 2015, 11:40 | Write a comment
That would take technology one step further: IKEA is planning pieces of furniture that can be used to wirelessly charge your smartphone or tablet. The charging stations should be built directly into the furniture. This decision was announced today ahead of the start of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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Where is this technology installed?
It is planned that this revolution will be built into bedside tables and tables from April. The corresponding charging fields should be marked.
IKEA supports the QI charging technology, which is already built into the new wirelessly chargeable Google Nexus and HTC smartphones. There should also be a solution for iPhones. 80 smartphones are currently supported.
When will the new furniture come to us in Germany and Austria?
The first "loading" tables are to be sold for the first time in Great Britain from April, and then in the USA.
But no one knows yet when they will come to us in Germany and Austria.
How expensive are the special pieces of furniture then?
The starting price should be around 41 euros.
