GoKawiilMaker builds desk that moves a wireless charging coil to your phone automatically
HTX Studio, a DIY tech creator, spent roughly two months building a desk that uses an overhead camera to detect a phone's position and a motorized system to slide a single wireless charging coil beneath it, rather than requiring the phone to sit on a fixed pad. The project, inspired by Apple's abandoned AirPower mat, also adds a transparent display with an animated cat that tracks the coil, plus standing-desk controls and other automation features, documented in a YouTube video.
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The build shows how hobbyists can approximate an idea Apple itself couldn't ship commercially, using camera tracking and mechanical movement instead of the dense coil arrays AirPower reportedly required. It highlights a workaround to the '600 coils' cost and complexity problem, though the single moving coil still can't charge multiple devices simultaneously, which may limit practical everyday use.
- A single motorized coil replaces the hundreds of coils that full-surface charging would otherwise require.
- The desk uses camera-based detection to locate a phone and move the coil to it automatically.
- The finished build adds a transparent animated display, standing-desk controls, and other automation beyond charging.
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