The wireless charging technology race is in full swing - a new device developed by MIT is said to charge phones distantly, while you’re sitting at your desk with the phone in your pocket. And no, there are no pads.
 

Magnetic MIMO was developed by a team of scientists of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US. It locates a phone from a distance of about 40 cm and fires a targeted magnetic field to charge it - anytime you come back to your place.
 

In just under five hours, at a distance of 30 cm a prototype of the device can charge an iPhone 4s battery from zero to full, which is about twice as long as it takes to charge it in a way we’re all used to. What is more, it is of no importance whether the mobile phone is in the pocket or on the table or even whether its position is stationary or not.