Here's a recent TED talk that's been making the rounds thanks to a pick-up by MedGadget. In this presentation Eric Giler explains how a "near-to-market" technology coming out of MIT could truly enable a wireless future by unplugging the last plug: electricity. Giler's start-up, WiTricity, hopes to recharge mobile phones, cars and even pacemakers in the near future.

Wireless electricity could solve a lot of battery issues around wireless sensors, implantable devices and even today's power hungry mobile phones. Continue on for Giler's ten minute presentation about wireless electricity: