Some Android phones have had the ability to be wirelessly charged for some time, but the technology hasn’t hit mass usage yet.

But that could change, as scientists have now invented a wireless phone charger that is able to charge a phone, in all directions, at a range of one meter.

The wireless charging systems that are currently on the market are only able to charge devices that sit on top of them, which means that one of the biggest problems with the technology has been solved by this new development.

However, the researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science say that their work goes further than this.

“Our transmitter system is safe for humans and compatible with other electronic devices,” said Chun Rim from the Institute.

“We have solved three major issues of short charging distance, the dependence on charging directions, and plane coil structures of both Tx and Rx, which have blocked the commercialization of WPT.”

The Wireless Power Transmitter that the Korean team has built is able to charge more than mobile phones: they have also used the device to charge laptops.

They claim it is also possible to charge more than one devices at a time.

At present, 30 smartphones have been tested, charging at one watt each, and five laptops with 2.4 watts each, have been charged at a distance of 50cm.

The device has six degrees of freedom, which means that power can be sent to technology at any position within the range. The Samsung Galazy S6 can only be charged in one position at present, giving it just the one degree of freedom.

The transmitter was built using high-frequency magnetic materials in a coil structure.

It was built based on previous wireless power transfer that researchers from the Institute have created.

Last year they were able to transfer 209 watts of power over a distance of five meters.

The findings were published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.