American scientists successfully tested an experimental wireless electricity transfer system, the BBC reports. The Science magazine wrote that electricity had been transferred to a 60 watt bulb from a distance of two metres. 

The team is led by Croatian scientist Marin Soljacic 

The team of scientists from Massachusetts credited for this important invention is led by a Croatian scientist, Marin Soljacic. The team also includes Andre Kurs, Aresteidis Karalis, Robert Moffat, J. D. Joannopoulos and Peter Fisher.

-We believed in this theory and we ran experiments until we succeeded – Marin Soljacic told the BBC.

The wireless transfer of electricity was established for the first time and proven in theory in February and now it has been implemented. The conduction of electricity was established between two induced coils, two metres apart, the BBC explains.

Measurements have shown that 40 percent of energy is transferred by wireless means and the transfer is possible even with obstacles between the two coils – wooden materials or electronic equipment.

-These results are encouraging, we believe we are not far from practical use – Soljacic concluded.

From 19^th century to this day 

Physicist and engineer Nikola Tesla conducted experiments of the wireless transfer of electricity back in the 19^th century, but his ambitious project – a 29-metre high antenna Wardenclyffe Tower in New York failed because Tesla ran out of money.