Without the need to electrically charge devices--either via outlets or USB cables--users could at last start to break free from on-the-grid power connections.

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Foreign hackers have already demonstrated an ability to break into the U.S. power grid and other infrastructure.

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But once the commercial potential of the Grid begins to dawn, standard-setting skirmishes will break out between companies and even countries.

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