Our World Without Wires is a wireless charging podcast created to spark conversation, share stories, and educate the public on the future of wireless power. Each podcast episode explores one key question in the wireless power space. Guests include wireless power industry experts, engineers, product designers, and technology leaders engaging in casual chats on compelling subjects. OWWW takes a lighthearted tone that is accessible to everyone, even while addressing technical topics. Join us and learn how you can live in an wire-free world!
On the last episode of this season, we welcome Daniela Raddino, Senior Engineer at Rohde & Schwarz (https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/us/home_48230.html). A researcher and author with multiple patents and deep expertise in the wireless power transfer space, Daniela shares the company’s vision for wireless power, where the industry is likely headed, the power of new standardization practices, and her journey trying to figure out how wireless power and wireless communications can coexist, happily. Listen, subscribe, and comment below!
21 Nov 2022
Wireless Charging for Electric Micromobility
Welcome to another great episode of Our World Without Wires. Today, Paul Mitcheson joins us from Imperial College London. Dr. Mitcheson is a researcher and highly regarded expert in energy harvesting systems, wireless power transfer, and power electronics. He sits on the executive committee of the UK Power Electronics Center and is a co-founder of the Imperial College wireless power spin-off company, Bumblebee. In this episode, Paul will introduce Bumblebee Power, talk about their project to wirelessly charge scooters, and share how they use a higher frequency to meet market expectations.
9 Nov 2022
Exploring RF, Regulatory & WPT Standards
Today, on Our World Without Wires, we are joined by Professor Naoki Shinohara from Kyoto University, a prolific researcher, author, and wireless power industry expert with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering. Dr. Shinohara is going to discuss RF wireless power transfer technology, the current regulatory landscape, and the importance of standards in advancing the wireless power industry. Welcome to another great episode of our world without wires!
4 Nov 2022
How Will The New EU Mandate Affect Wireless Power?
With the proliferation of charging cables, bricks, and cords that vary from device to device, the European Union has handed down a mandate that common consumer electronics sold in the EU will be required to have a USBC charging port, eliminating the need for multiple charging devices, empowering consumer choice and reducing e-waste. Today, our guest is Dinesh Kithany from Watt. Dinesh is a well-established Wireless Power Industry analyst with over 25 years of experience across the technology sector and consumer markets. Dinesh will discuss the reasoning and impact of the new EU universal charger mandate and also help us understand how the wireless power industry is primed to help reduce our dependence on cords and chargers.
20 Oct 2022
Battery-Free & Low-Energy Power Transfer
13 Oct 2022
Can EVs Be Accessible for Everyone?
In episode 6 of Our World Without Wires. Sanjay welcomes D’Arcee Neal as our guest, D’Arcee is on a mission to make EV charging accessible to everyone. Formerly working at NASA and the Department of labor, he is a fourth-year doctoral candidate at the Ohio State University in English and Disabilities Studies. Born with cerebral palsy, D’Arcee has lived his life in a wheelchair, but it doesn’t define who he is today. As a professional storyteller, he works to tell stories of Afro-phantasmic or black disabled people who exist as phantoms within the community. Most importantly, he believes that the future can and should be accessible to everyone, not just the able-bodied. And wireless power has an important part to play. It’s going to be a great conversation.
31 May 2022
How is GaN Powering Wireless Charging Advances?
Join host Dr. Sanjay Gupta and guest Alex Lidow, CEO of Efficient Power Conversion – or EPC – in episode 5 as they explore the ways GaN is advancing the future of wireless charging. As wireless power increases in maturity and adoption, the industry needs solutions that improve performance, efficiency, and user experience. Gallium Nitride is essential to enabling higher power applications than can be achieved with traditional silicon, opening the door for charging multiple devices and more diverse devices, such as laptops, drones, robots, power tools, eBikes, and industrial equipment. Wireless charging circuits employing GaN transistors are also five to ten times smaller than silicon devices able to handle the same power levels.
11 May 2022
What’s Next For Wireless Charging on the Factory Floor with guest Josh Yank
In this episode Host Sanjay Gupta and guest Josh Yank, CEO of Yank Technologies explore the question, what's next for wireless charging on the factory floor? Do you ever wonder how those boxes magically appear at your doorstep? Products are sitting in a warehouse and then at the press of a button on your phone somehow get delivered to you? Most of the work was previously being done by humans, but we are now using robots to move the goods, package them, and ship them. But how does wireless charging help enable those facilities to work smarter, faster, and better? Join us and catch a glimpse of the factories and warehouses of the future.
11 May 2022
How Wireless Power Enables the Rise of Machines with guest Cesar Johnston
Join Host Sanjay Gupta and guest Cesar Johnston, CEO of Energous, as they dive into the question, how does wireless power enable the rise of the machines? Our world is full of an escalating number of Internet-connected devices. In fact, they will soon outnumber humans five to one. The reality is that humans are not the number one thing connected to the Internet anymore. For many years, our technology has been designed and deployed with human use in mind. But times have changed and now billions of devices and sensors need to function autonomously, wirelessly, and free of required human maintenance and intervention. Wireless power systems are crucial in powering IoT devices, electronic shelf labels, and RF Tags, among many other things.
11 May 2022
What’s Next For In-Vehicle Wireless Charging with guest Josh Yank
In this episode Host, Sanjay Gupta asks the question, what’s next for in-vehicle wireless charging? Did you know that in our automobiles, electronics drive everything? These days, our vehicles often have an excess of 100 tiny computers and over 3000 chips? These deliver all the fancy new features we love cameras and sensors, auto-dimming, rearview mirrors, blind-spot monitoring, auto braking, Lane control, self-parking and self-driving, and even mood lighting, and automatic wipers. All of these electronics demand the delivery of power throughout the vehicle. Joining us is guest Josh Yank, CEO of Yank Technologies. Yank Technologies is a wireless power innovator based in Brooklyn, New York. Josh and his team are working on a unique and innovative way to deliver power wirelessly.
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