Startup Pi out to slice the charging cord


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 19 Sep 2017

Pi co-founders Lixin Shi (left) and John MacDonald pose for a picture at a TechCrunch Disrupt technology conference in San Francisco on September 18, 2017 with the world's first wireless charger that does away with the need to lay devices on charging mats. Pi chargers, about the size of a small table vase, operate on standard charning technology used in Apple or Android smartphones designed to be powered up wirelessly. / AFP PHOTO / Glenn CHAPMAN

SAN FRANCISCO: Silicon Valley youngster Pi claimed it had developed the world’s first wireless charger that does away with cords or mats to charge devices. 

Pi chargers, about the size of a small table vase, operate on standard charging technology used in Apple or Android smartphones designed to be powered up wirelessly. 

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