Smart mobile electronic devices have changed the way that we perceive and interact with the world around us. Electric cars, buses, scooters, and bikes are transforming the face of our urban transportation landscape. Autonomous robots in intelligent factories and aerial drones making deliveries are challenging past preconceptions about the ways that we create and distribute goods.

All of these technologies – and the way they impact our personal and business lives – have been evolving for the past decade at a breakneck pace; except in one very important area. They still largely need to be plugged into a physical outlet in order to recharge. This need for tethering has not evolved since the invention of electricity. Unleashing technology from this constraint of a wired physical connection will undoubtedly bring new possibilities and solutions to important human and business questions.