# Always be charging: Can GuRu be the Wi-Fi of power?

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**Category:** Wi-Fi News Digest\
**Created:** [May 13, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://community.oscium.com/t/always-be-charging-can-guru-be-the-wi-fi-of-power/1917 "2021-05-13T01:45:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lael](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/community.oscium.com/lael/32/10_2.png) [@Lael](https://community.oscium.com/u/Lael)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://community.oscium.com/t/always-be-charging-can-guru-be-the-wi-fi-of-power/1917/1 "2021-05-13T01:45:24Z")

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Some of the hippest bleeding-edge technology nerds might know about this already, but I was Today Years Old when I learned about GuRu. It’s wireless charging that goes way, way beyond Qi charging mats and straight into the future (a future that I very much want to be part of so I stop having to charge my Apple Watch every single day).

> Using a small, ceiling-mounted power generator (which could be concealed in overhead lighting fixtures or floor lamps), referred to as a “Gu,” or Generator Unit, those millimeter waves are “lensed” using electronic steering and timing to send a focused beam of energy to the “Ru,” or Receiver Unit, a chip-sized module that can be incorporated into the receiving device, such as a smartphone.

This article frames GuRu as the “Wi-Fi of power”, and the analogy holds up well enough. I also appreciate the nod to Nikola Tesla, a man way ahead of his time.

> **[Always be charging: Can GuRu be the Wi-Fi of power?](https://www.zdnet.com/article/always-be-charging-can-guru-be-the-wi-fi-of-power/)**
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> Walking around with spare charging cords, adapters, and backup batteries may become a thing of the past or relegated to a technology of last resort.