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Charge a phone from wifi signals. 
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http://www.tomsguide.com/us/RCA-Charger ... -5547.html

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RCA managed to re-charge a Blackberry smartphone from 30-percent to full in about 90 minutes.

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Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:57 am
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Another link:

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2010/01/09/ces20 ... from-wifi/

Also, a lot of skeptics in the comments.

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2010/01/09/ces20 ... t-29300952

and more on slashdot.

http://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/01/13/ ... eedfetcher

I'll definitely wait for this to be more thoroughly vetted, though it would be freakin' nice. There's 2.4ghz wifi all around me... be nice if I could charge my phone regardless of where I was.

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Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:33 am
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Yea but the idea is cool. And besides this is not the craziest stuff to develop, check out the sex robot Roxxxie or something lol. Different expo though :D

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Roxxxy-Robo ... -5523.html

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That thing looks like Mel Gibson with a wig on.

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Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:22 am
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hehe, nice. We should all chip in and get one for Ox. :wink:

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Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:45 pm
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Where do i send the money :D

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Haha...if I manage to get a boner from that monstrosity, I'll repay you all the money you invested. But yeah...no. That thing looks hideous. :roll:

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paper bag it and you'll be fine.

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