The difference between a real book and an e-reader getting smaller with an Ikea lamp

Rob van den Braak/03/03/2015/Production/Technology, Publishing

Ikea will sell lamps and furniture which will wirelessly charge e-readers, tablets and smartphones. The devices have to comply with the Qi standard. Companies such as Asus, HTC, etc. are Qi standardized. Unfortunately Apple isn´t yet. Ikea intends to sell a standalone Qi charge pad which will allow you to make your own furniture with a wireless charger. Ikea will start in the UK and prices will start at around 40 Euros. Read more about Qi on Wikipedia via this link.

Rob van den Braak

Printer’s devil (1964), phototypesetter, offsetprinter, teacher of graphic techniques, salesmanager, productmanager, trade journalist, founder of BlokBoek e-zine (2011). But above all husband, father, friend and lover of life in southern Spain (since 2010).