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Near as I can tell from the video, that little white box is just a little white box. The Lexan box that guy is leaning on appears to have a much larger antenna in it, and that's what the cable plugged into the BlackBerry is plugged in to.

The guy even says "The _goal_ is to get it down to a box this size". That information seems to be missing from the blog post.



It appears that it's this box that is currently harvesting the energy

http://www.engadget.com/photos/airnergy-wifi-power-system-ha...


Oh...

And it's not just a matter of miniaturizing electronics. There is a matter of the energy density of signals in the air...




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