Transphorm, a startup backed by Google (among others) has a cool-sounding gallium nitride technology to improve AC/DC transformers. They say they might be able to completely eliminate laptop charging bricks while vastly increasing energy efficiency. (via Cmdln)
Brickless laptop chargers ahoy
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