Quite possibly the most compelling argument I’ve ever seen for wireless power:

Hello cyber fans!

Everything is really coming together at WiPower, and everyone in our windowless lab is beaming with excitement as our product nears its launch.  The countdown hasn’t necessarily been smooth however, and seeing out these closing details is where today’s wonderous story begins.

Last week, I was appointed to search for a very particular part, of very important significance.  Some people (myself included) consider this part the last missing link to our technology, the single component that literally ties everything WiPower is comprised of together, the final essential piece of the puzzle.  Others know this component by its technical name:  the screw.

I accepted the quest, and began reviewing the fastener’s datasheet.  This datasheet contained specifications for the screw required to fasten WiPower’s transmitter housing together.  I quickly realized communicating this data to anyone would be a difficult task.

After approximately 15 frustrating phone calls to several fastener manufacturers, I had gathered some important data.  Drill size, drive size, hole size, and width were all the exact same thing. Although the screw lingo morphed and mutated depending on who I was speaking with, there was one aspect of each conversation that remained consistent.  Every single salesman squeezed in a pun somewhere during our conversation, and every single salesman followed his not-so-clever pun with the statement “no pun intended.”

For example:

“Ah Nick, I’m just screwing around…No pun intended!”

As if I’m actually to believe the pun wasn’t intended?!  The salesman works for a company that manufactures screws and I’m sure he used that same joke on whoever called before me.

“We won’t screw this one up Nick!”

“Can you repeat that again?  Our computer is acting really screwy for some reason.”

The list goes on and on, and playing along with each salesman became increasingly difficult and tiresome; my fake laugh responses were quickly dissolving into nothing more than disappointed sighs.

Needless to say, I decided contacting manufacturers via email was a better approach.  I attached the fastener specification sheet to each email and one week later, we had six different screw samples on Ashish’s desk.

WiPower is now one step closer to releasing their products because of me, and I take great pride in the completion of this quest.  So when you purchase your WiPower charging pad, please pay respect to the 9 little screws on the bottom of your device.

Thanks,

Nick

(the intern)