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Sources:

• Demo at D9: UBeam https://allthingsd.com/20110602/demo-at-d9-ubeam/index.html
• Investors Power Wireless-Electricity Start-Up UBeam With $750K https://www.wsj.com/articles/DJFVW00020120711e87bpkd6c
• DWECK v. PERRY https://dockets.justia.com/docket/pennsylvania/paedce/2:2011cv07057/452029
• 30 Under 30: Energy https://web.archive.org/web/20120108093349/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45eldh/meredith-perry-founder-ubeam-22
• Is this woman the next Elon Musk? https://fortune.com/2015/07/29/ubeam-meredith-perry-wireless-charging/
• How putting $10M into UBeam illustrates everything that is wrong with tech investing today https://lookatmeimdanny.tumblr.com/post/101432017159/how-putting-10m-into-ubeam-illustrates-everything
• uBeam Declassifies Secrets To Try To Prove Wireless Power Is Possible https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/07/wireless-power-charger/
• Experts Still Think uBeam's Through-the-Air Charging Tech Is Unlikely https://spectrum.ieee.org/experts-still-think-ubeamrsquos-throughtheair-charging-tech-is-unlikely
• The Sausage Factory https://liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-sausage-factory.html
• Conversation with an investor https://reddragdiva.tumblr.com/post/129387704618/conversation-with-an-investor
• Exclusive: uBeam CEO Meredith Perry steps down https://www.axios.com/2018/09/20/ubeam-ceo-meredith-perry-steps-down-1537464261
• It's an ex-uBeam ... https://liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com/2021/05/its-ex-ubeam.html
• SonicEnergy Overview: Out of Business https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/54800-92#overview
• Brain Gear Is the Hot New Wearable https://www.wired.com/story/expired-tired-wired-wearables/
• How to be a technology innovator: Meredith Perry at TEDxNashville https://www.youtube