Patent sees electricity beamed around the home

Forget wireless computers. A new device, patented by a Norwegian professor, allows electricity to be beamed wirelessly anywhere within a house.

Simply plug one of the small "power projectors" into a wall outlet, and a safe electrical "aura" envelops the home. Then attach a converter to any appliance, and the appliance is able to receive power at any location within the aura, even outside on the roof.

Professor Olaf Lipro is currently seeking partners for his new technology. He expects the equipment to be commercially viable by 2012.