lurch234 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Logitech finally finds a good use for wireless charging: A mouse pad With a Powerplay mouse pad, never again will your wireless mouse run out of power. Guys... guys. Put down your morning coffee. Loosen any tight clothing. Say a quick prayer to your favoured deity. Logitech has done it. Logitech has found a legitimate use for wireless charging: the Powerplay mouse pad, which constantly charges your wireless mouse. Your wireless mouse will never again run out of battery. The Powerplay bundle ($100 in the US, probably £90 in the UK) consists of a wireless charging base, two mousing surfaces (soft and hard) that you can switch between, and a powercore module. (Did Logitech hire the Nvidia marketing guru who came up with "Forceware" or something?) The powercore is a little puck that plugs into Powerplay-compatible wireless mice. At launch there will be two of them: the G903 (a tweaked G900) and the G703 (which is similar to the G403). Both mice are available later this month, but UK pricing is still TBC (probably £140 and £90 respectively). Theoretically, future wireless Logitech mice will support the powercore, so you can keep using the same Powerplay charging mat. Sadly, Powerplay doesn't use a standardised wireless charging tech like Qi; rather, Logitech has apparently spent the last few years developing something proprietary. Technical details are scant, though we know it's based on magnetic resonance wireless power transfer—a fairly well-known technique. Basically, there's a coil of wire (an antenna) in the powercore. In the charging mat, there's another antenna tuned to the same frequency as the powercore. When power is flowing through one of the coils, it makes the other coil resonate, which can then be turned into electricity. More at Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 standard wireless charging be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nIGHT Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 6 hours ago, myidisbb said: standard wireless charging be nice. no to proprietary tech! we want standardized wireless charging pads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Just adds another wire..instead of a power pad wire, use a wire to the mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Israeli_Eagle Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 IMHO the wireless hype is quite stupid & useless anyway, the best mice use cable anyway. Because: Laser of course, 5000+ (real!) DPI, programmable, never needs any charging and also gold contacts & shielded cable have a good reason. So the same hype as CAT7 vs WiFi... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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