> In a year or so when this thing is productized you’ll be hearing a lot more about Mary.
As you note, that was written on May 23, 2012, more than 2 years ago. According to this article[1], the company is now aiming to be selling "by 2016." This suggests there was either a misunderstanding about the time required to develop a commercial product, or developing a commercial product has taken a lot longer than anticipated.
What's interesting to me is that the recent photo from the New York Times[2], which Mark Suster also included in his blog post[3], doesn't on the surface seem to show substantial progress from what was being demoed back in 2011[4][5]. Charging a single phone from a couple of feet away is not what's being promised.
> In a year or so when this thing is productized you’ll be hearing a lot more about Mary.
As you note, that was written on May 23, 2012, more than 2 years ago. According to this article[1], the company is now aiming to be selling "by 2016." This suggests there was either a misunderstanding about the time required to develop a commercial product, or developing a commercial product has taken a lot longer than anticipated.
What's interesting to me is that the recent photo from the New York Times[2], which Mark Suster also included in his blog post[3], doesn't on the surface seem to show substantial progress from what was being demoed back in 2011[4][5]. Charging a single phone from a couple of feet away is not what's being promised.
[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/ubeam-raises-10-million-2014-...
[2] http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/ubeam-technology-wi...
[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8541674
[4] http://allthingsd.com/20110618/how-to-charge-your-iphone-ove...
[5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoHxyweJcZI