Hi, Victor.
MIT is probably re-inventing
what was discovered by Nicola Tesla
over 110 years ago.
On wikipedia, search for Wydenclyffe tower.
There are reference links at the bottom.
Given the electronics of the day,
most of his devices at that time
were electromechanical, rotary converters etc.
He used one to light a flourecent tube
from across his lab while holding it in one hand.
Why not contact MIT and just ask them about it?
I live about ten miles where Tesla’s wireless
power project was built -in Shoreham, NY.