Energous Wireless Power CEO lied publicly - SEC violation?

[Danseur]

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3960298-stunning-admission-energous
Article says they faked the demos and their 10K admits multiple device charging is not possible now.

    “On a side note, the diagram above shows that the distance to each of the receivers was 2.5 ft, but Energous press release falsely claims that the distance was 5 ft:”

These guys along with UBeam have continuously exaggerated their capabilities.  Energous appears to have publicly lied about capabilities they already possess and it’s more serious for Energous because they’re a public company.

    “Either the CEO and CFO signed a false statement about the status of a key element of the company's technology and submitted it to the SEC, or many of the company's technology demonstrations have been hoaxes and the UL test is invalid.”

Meredith at least doesn’t have to worry about going to jail for SEC violations.

And LOL, their Wattup mini device is a joke.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/3964405-wattup-mini-will-save-energous

[tszaboo]

Well, that is a good thing. We need less RF and noise, not more. Only to charge your stupid phone. Instead of writing a proper operating system which doesnt piss away energy. Remember the old Nokia phones, that worked for a week with one charge?

[Buriedcode]

Well, that is a good thing. We need less RF and noise, not more. Only to charge your stupid phone. Instead of writing a proper operating system which doesnt piss away energy. Remember the old Nokia phones, that worked for a week with one charge?

To be fair, its difficult to compare the old G2 phones to newer smartphones.  Display, multi-band capability, wifi connection, much faster processor as well as the obvious - people didn't spend long googling/playing games/going through photo gallery on the old phones.  The talk-time on older phones wasn't that different from modern smart phones, if anything, possibly worse.  My S5 generally lasts over 4 days if I don't get many phone calls (sad times).  But people use their phones for so much more, in fact I'm surprised the batteries last as long as they do on new phones.

[EEVblog]

OOPS!

[coppice]

Well, that is a good thing. We need less RF and noise, not more. Only to charge your stupid phone. Instead of writing a proper operating system which doesnt piss away energy. Remember the old Nokia phones, that worked for a week with one charge?

To be fair, its difficult to compare the old G2 phones to newer smartphones.  Display, multi-band capability, wifi connection, much faster processor as well as the obvious - people didn't spend long googling/playing games/going through photo gallery on the old phones.  The talk-time on older phones wasn't that different from modern smart phones, if anything, possibly worse.  My S5 generally lasts over 4 days if I don't get many phone calls (sad times).  But people use their phones for so much more, in fact I'm surprised the batteries last as long as they do on new phones.

When I use my smartphone on its home network, with 4G data active and using various features, it needs charging every day. When I use it in other territories, where it is roaming and only provides voice service, it can operate for up to a week on a charge.

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I don't know; I spent hours playing Snake back in the day 

But, yeah, the phones can't be compared because there's a night and day difference between them from a usage and technological stand point.

And aside from some Nokias, battery life wasn't that great in some phones. I remember having to charge my old Motorola every day but it could also use AAs. Once phones moved to Li-Ion it was quite revolutionary.