The big question: how much will wireless power impact our society, economy, and environment in the next few years? Or will batteries and wires continue to reign?
The answer can be found in a recent report from Sustaintalytics, a highly respected and independent research firm. Ossia asked Sustainalytics if it would measure the impact that Cota Real Wireless Power could have, especially on the burgeoning IoT market, in the next five to 10 years.
Cota, as you may know, is Ossia’s patented over-the air, at-a-distance wireless power technology that has already been approved for use in more than 50 countries. It is a replacement for batteries and wires, and does not require line of sight or a charging pad to deliver power.
Sustainalytics, a Morningstar Company, is a leading independent Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and corporate governance research, ratings, and analytics firm. For more than 25 years, they have helped companies from around the world identify, understand, and manage ESG-driven risks and opportunities.
Corporations leverage ESGs in order to plan ahead and protect the value of their company and products. Viewing company products and practices through an ESG lens helps improve long-term business performance, avoid the unexpected, and be prepared for inevitable change. Evaluating the impact of Real Wireless Power is crucial to this analysis.
The key takeaways from the Sustainalytics report are impressive. The bottom line is, batteries and wires are limiting IoT growth and do not support organizations’ sustainable development goals. With the current rate of IoT growth and electronic device innovation, current power delivery methods are not only limiting to what is technically possible, they are simply not sustainable — economically or environmentally. Real Wireless Power solves this dilemma.
Here are some highlights.
Other ways of looking at how the Real Wireless Power will dramatically impact our society, environment, and economy in the next decade are as follows:
Cota Real Wireless Power is scalable, sustainable power that is being leveraged today in several use cases globally. Regulatory approvals include the FCC, UKCA, and CE, and cover commercial and consumer applications without any distance limitations, with the exception of the US, where Cota is currently certified for commercial use with distance parameters. Additional FCC certifications are anticipated for broader applications.
Alternative “wireless” solutions in the market, including Qi (charging pad or surface) charging and energy harvesting (or ambient power harvesting), and others in development, such as line-of-sight “beaming” wireless technologies have severe limitations to rapid innovation and IoT growth. These technologies can be considered complementary to Real Wireless Power, but they don’t solve the problem on their own. Cota Real Wireless Power is the only available technology well positioned to support the rapid growth of IoT and its society-transforming potential, decrease our environmental footprint, and reduce costs associated with the production, management, and disposal of batteries.
Cota Real Wireless Power technology is available for license and through manufacturing partners, packaged as the Cota Power Station, Cota Power Table, Cota Ceiling Tile (transmitter), Cota QRx (receiver), and other forms for facilitated integrations. Ossia is poised to help with development kits and technology licensing of Cota.
For more information about Ossia’s Cota Real Wireless Power or this research, please contact us.