These Wirelessly Powered Christmas Lights Would Decorate Tesla's Tree

Now that you've polished off the last of the turkey leftovers, it's probably time to think about rolling your catatonic body off to find a Christmas tree. Unfortunately, that also means trying to untangle the seven miles of tree lights, a solid 50 percent of which will have broken in the last year.

This is exactly the kind of first-world problem Kickstarter was created to solve, and thankfully, this Winter Solstice, it's outdone itself. Aura is an insanely clever alternative to regular lights that promises a wire-free, Wi-Fi controlled Christmas. The lights look like regular tree decorations, but they light up when given the control from your smartphone.

On its own, that would be a little gimmicky. But the power system for Aura is the part that makes it clever: no batteries or wires, but rather a 'power ring' at the base of the tree, which uses electromagnetic wizadry to transmit power to the lights (up to 100 are supported per ring).

There are, of course, the usual caveats. Crowd-funding projects often deliver late, if at all, and I image the risk is magnified tenfold when it involves magic electricity projects. Still, if you're willing to risk $65, you'll get a starter set of a power ring and 12 lights, which should add enough illumination for almost every tree. [ Kickstarter]

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