25岁美女发明家无线充电器
<p><span word="Meredith">Meredith</span> <span word="Perry">Perry</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="tired">tired</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wires">wires</span>.</p><p>梅雷迪斯<span word="o">o</span>佩里已经受够了各种充电线。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> 25-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="undergrad">undergrad</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="built">built</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="model">model</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="wireless">wireless</span> <span word="charging">charging</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="demonstrated">demonstrated</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="All">All</span> <span word="Things">Things</span> <span word="Digital">Digital</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2011. (“<span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="basically">basically</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="toaster">toaster</span>-<span word="sized">sized</span> <span word="boxes">boxes</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="feet">feet</span> <span word="apart">apart</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="beam">beam</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="certain">certain</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="distance">distance</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="ultrasound">ultrasound</span>,” <span word="she">she</span> <span word="says">says</span>.) <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="name">name</span>? <span word="uBeam">uBeam</span>.</p><p>2011年，现在25岁的佩里还是宾西法尼亚大学的一名本科生。就在那一年，她发明了她的第一款无线充电系统，并在<span word="All">All</span> <span word="Things">Things</span> <span word="Digital">Digital</span>科技峰会上展示了一番。（她介绍说，“它基本上是由两台烤箱大小的盒子组成，相距两英尺远，我们在峰会上展示了一下如何通过超声波将电能跨越那段距离输送过去。”）这款设备叫做<span word="uBeam">uBeam</span>。</p><p><span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="right">right</span>, <span word="uBeam">uBeam</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="prototype">prototype</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="product">product</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="store">store</span> <span word="shelves">shelves</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="wireless">wireless</span> <span word="charging">charging</span> <span word="systems">systems</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="there">there</span>—<span word="Qi">Qi</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="charges">charges</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="phone">phone</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="sits">sits</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="inches">inches</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="base">base</span>—<span word="but">but</span> <span word="Perry">Perry</span> <span word="believes">believes</span> <span word="uBeam">uBeam</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="superior">superior</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="competitors">competitors</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Shape">Shape</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Future">Future</span> <span word="package">package</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="January">January</span> 2017 <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Fortune">Fortune</span>, <span word="Perry">Perry</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Los">Los</span> <span word="Angeles">Angeles</span>, <span word="sat">sat</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="conversation">conversation</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="phone">phone</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="uBeam">uBeam</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="vision">vision</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="technologies">technologies</span>. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="follows">follows</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="edited">edited</span> <span word="transcript">transcript</span>.</p>
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