Well I thought this was a joke, I was apparently wrong.
I did some more checking and found that the research was done at MIT. I went to MIT's own site and found their side of it.
In my opinion the original link exaggerated the potential a bit, it appears they are thinking of low power items.
"MIT team experimentally demonstrates wireless power transfer, potentially useful for powering laptops, cell phones without cords"Here is the MIT News story with more technical details.
Goodbye wires…
