The devices called metaboards can also be used on smartphones, computers, kettles, toasters and televisions through a single unit on a table, desk or wall.
And the revolutionary technology could also be used in hospitals and charge electric cars and drones.
Metaboards relies on the rearrangement of atoms into new patterns to power devices remotely.
It is predicted to show a vast improvement on existing wireless charging which is used on smartphones.
Current devices need to be drilled into tables and rely on perfect alignment.
The technology uses “metamaterials”, which are compounds such as plastic or metals arranged in geometric structures not found in nature to create new properties.
By doing this an electrical current can be channelled through the boards which passes to any non-metallic electronic device placed on its surface.
Nedko Ivanov, chief executive of Oxford-based Metaboards, whose previous business was bought by Google, explained: “If we take a piece of metal, let’s say gold. The electromagnetic properties of this demand two things, the atoms and the pattern in which they are arranged.
“For metamaterials we try to create a pattern of atoms to give us electromagnetic properties not found in nature.
“This is very difficult because when you re-arrange atoms into unnatural patterns they do crazy things, but by taming them they allow you to do amazing things.”
Father-of-four Mr Ivanov, 48, who is originally from Bulgaria but has lived in the UK with his family since 2002 said: “Wireless power is a problem that needs to be solved, as current solutions really do not work.
“We are working on both solutions in parallel and we have customers interested in both. So it will depend on who is ready to go to the market first that we will go with.”
Metaboards has created a working prototype which is set to be demonstrated at an exhibition in Las Vegas in January and could be on the market later next year.
The company was started with seed funding in 2016, but launched properly 18 months ago with an investment of £3.5million.
