Gadgetory

so at this point everyone is probably seen or heard of wireless charging or Qi charging some phones are naturally capable of doing wireless charging like the galaxy s6 edge or Nexus 6 you can see the phone light up as soon as it makes connection with the pad some phones require a special back to allow to charge wirelessly like the note 4 or the galaxy s5 eventually Apple will also catch up to modern technology normally this charging pad is always visible on your nice standard desk but today I'm going to hide mine permanently all the parts I use for this project are linked in the video description below in order to hide it I need to see if the Qi pad is capable of charging through a layer of wood taking wooden shims I can slowly adjust the distance of the phone from the charging pad the phone will kick on with about 3/16 inches of wood between it and the pad but will charge pretty consistently with one a chinta wood now I just need to make my desk 1/8 inch thick we want to get as thin as possible without ripping through the top of my desk I added some tape at the top of the desk to help protect from the torque of the router I screwed some metal latches into place to hold the charger I cleaned up the charging pad cable and added a few pennies to the charger so it would be tight up against the top of the desk you can always make yours look less jerry-rigged if you want speaking of which you should hit that subscribe button if you haven't already and it works now I'll never have to plug in my phone while I'm working it can just sit right there on the top of my desk and charge wirelessly if you were wondering the charging pad does charge through glass as well and doesn't look half bad with a decent braided cable I will link everything I used in this video in the video description below thanks ton for watching follow me socially for sneak peeks at my other projects hope to see you around