CES 2009: Powermat

Dave Graveline interviews Ron Ferber from Powermat at the 2009 International Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Into Tomorrow celebrates 14 years ON-THE-AIR.

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[DavijoBoy]

That guy's voice is awesome..lol

[Sithreis]

Can I get a magic tarp to fuel my car next? Specifications: Tarp holds 40 gallons of gasoline and fuels your car automatically once you get home and put on the tarp, it also must be refilled every few days or so, and requires to have an extension cable and outlet to operate. SO much easier than just going to the gas station.

That's just as useful as the 'powermat' The take-a-few-more-steps-to-charg­e-a-simple-to-charge-a-househo­ld-item-for-lots-of-money. Yeah, seems like a better name for it.

[winkipinky]

huge bulky and UGLY looking mat! 

[gazzer2kuk]

Urgh, the idea should be that the fucking reciever bit should be PART OF the devices, that way you can just drop your phone on the mat and thats it, charging.

[bennor3]

you should see my computer room, all my computer gear is takin up 3 outlets so i had to run an extension cord across the room for all my other stuff.

[jasbir1997]

palm pre work

[kay333ate644]

what what is up with this guy, in the huge headphones with bigass microphone, he looks like the guy from smackdown!!

[SHANGRALAAAA17]

haha that retarded looking round usb thing for the laptop haha...uhh just fucking plug in the cord!!!

[cabbagesftw]

well my phone is really annoying, i need to use a knife to get the charging port open and i have 2 ipods and no cords! charging all 3 at once isnt wasting electricity, its probably saving it. Its a lot easier than using cords too

[digitaldown]

this technology must have some useful application. i don't think charging your phone is it. how hard is it to plug your phone in? and how often do you find yourself with not enough outlets? plus it's just too expensive

[Commuter8]

I realized that the reason they had it for $120 because they included some cube that brings the shape and sizes when connecting it to an ipod. The piece to connect the ipod cost 20 dollars extra and cost more to charge for other like phones and mp3.

I wanna get it but it seems a bit to much. I checked the website of best buy they have it but the cubes are sold separately.

Man that sucks.

Thank you so much.