DIY your own inductive charging phone case! It's easy to build a base charger from a recycled hardcover book and never plug in your phone again.

For this project you will need:

• Univeral Qi wireless charging transmitter
• Universal Qi charging module to match your phone (my Nexus 4 is reverse short microUSB) or Qi charging sleeve (if you have an iPhone 5)
• Phone case (mine is from Rearth)
• Hardcover book you don't want to read
• Metal ruler
• Sharp utility or craft knife
• Pen or pencil
• USB cable

We'll put the charging module in the phone case and the charging transmitter inside the cover of the book. This project does involve some paper cutting with sharp blades, but is very simple. Let's get started!

Plug in the charging module to your phone's charging port, and tuck it against the back of the phone.

Snap your case on over the charging module.

Just for the look of it, I peeled off one of the stickers covering the charging coil. This lets it stick to the inside of the phone case, too!

You can put the Qi transmitter in lots of things! Make an acrylic charging stand, put it in a cork trivet, or, like we're going to do, stash it in a hardcover book.

Make sure it's a book you don't want to read, as you'll be cutting it up!

Make sure the book can close fully, and plug in the USB cable to verify the phone will charge when placed on top.

Next place the phone on the book while its closed, lining up the coils so it's charging. Then trace around the phone with a pen or pencil so you'll know where to put it when you want it to charge!

That's it! Go out there an enjoy your charger!

Never fumble in the dark for a power cord again! Now you can just set your phone on your book overnight to charge.