It looks as if electronics giant Samsung could be on the cusp of bringing out a totally wireless television. Well, they've applied for a patent for it, and that seems pretty legit.
The revolutionary television will have no wires whatsoever - not even a power cable - and their application for a patent of this technology would mean that no other companies will be able to take their idea.
In the documentation applying for the patent, Samsung has explained exactly how the new generation TV is going to work. Now settle in - because things are about to get a bit scientific here.
Basically, it looks as if the telly will be powered by an electromagnetic bar, from which the unit will draw electrical current.
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That means that the bar will act as a 'base station' for the telly, positioned between the TV and the wall - where the electricity is.
See what you make of this diagram.
It will also generate an electromagnetic field in whatever room you put the television unit in.
Whilst we've already got wireless charging devices - we do live in the future, after all - this one is unique in a sense that there is a gap between the actual television and the charger. That's interesting, and maybe a pointer to where wireless charging is heading.
It also paves the way for one base station to eventually power every single electronic device in the room. This could be the death knell for wired devices on the whole.
As it stands, this proposed TV will not have that much of a distance between the device and the charger, however as technology advances - it has a way of doing that - the distance will inevitably become larger.
In fact, this has already happened. A couple of years back, a branch of the Walt Disney Company, Disney Research, successfully managed to power an entire room full of devices using a similar magnetic field.
Oh, and that also means that in the future you might not have to worry about charging your phone at all. If you walked into a room that was hooked up with such an electromagnetic device, it could start charging your phone right there and then in your pocket.
Of course, we're still a way away from that right now, but we can dream, right?
Still, it's worth remembering that we only have this information from a patent application from Samsung. The device might not even have been invented, let alone be available to us any time soon.
It's not unusual for companies to attempt to patent technology as a way of safeguarding their ideas from other companies. But boffins are clearly thinking about it.
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Let's hope this isn't just a roadblock to one of their competitors that has the name of a fruit and rhymes with Dapple, and there's something very big coming into view on the horizon.
With no wires attached.
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