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Wireless electricity isn’t just a sci-fi dream anymore — it’s actually happening! Scientists around the world are building systems that can send energy through the air, and it’s already being used to power things like smart locks, sensors, and even electric toothbrushes. In the U.S. and Japan, researchers are testing ways to wirelessly charge drones, satellites, and even entire city grids. One of the coolest ideas is using an infrared beam, kind of like Wi-Fi, but for charging your stuff. Japan’s space agency, JAXA, is even planning to launch a solar power station into orbit by 2030 that could beam energy straight down to Earth. If it all works out, wireless power could make chargers and batteries a thing of the past — and seriously help the planet too! Credit: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 / Columbia Pictures The Wireless Power Company | Wi-Charge Tesla / Film Come True Wi-Charge / YouTube Wi-Charge / YouTube Wi-Charge / YouTube Wi-Charge / YouTube Wi-Charge / YouTube Beamed Power Technology: By NASA, https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/1... tony_912 / Reddit EMROD / YouTube EMROD / YouTube Space Station Live: By NASA - https://www.nasa.gov/video-detail/spa..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... SSP04: By x1r8, https://flic.kr/p/gpMuB7 Fatisalo / Reddit Assembly: By NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) / YouTube, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Small Tesla coil: By Alejandro Garcia / YouTube, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...,

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