The latest technical advance out of MIT could dramatically change the drudgery of recharging portable devices: An MIT research team has figured out how to wirelessly illuminate an unplugged light bulb from seven feet away.

This must be something other than microwave induction, right? My recollection from school was that this sort of thing has been understood for a long time and the cheif problem is that if you walk into the beam it will burn you. Is this safe?!

Need feedback from nerds...