This is an adapter that allows you to have a magnetic charging connection similar to the Mac Air power charging connection.  IT IS AWESOME!!!!  It is very small and basically has a lightning adapter that stays in your phone or tablet and there is an adapter that also goes onto the charge cable that attaches to the phone connection magnetically.

There are several manufacturers and types for this, but I got this one specifically because of the cost and the fact that you could still use your Apple lightning cable since I have so many of them.  I feel like this will be a much better, or easier, way for connecting charging cables.  With some, like the lightning cable it does not have an orientation, but for the types that do, this is going to be awesome.  I am going to see if they make other types of connection for sure and I am also going to purchase more of these :)

Update: So, I have been using this for a while and it seems like the iPad doesn't love the connector, keeps telling me it is not an authentic device.  I am also now having an issue with my new case on my iPhone 6S Plus not liking the connector.  The case I have is a Moment Lens case so I am not sure what the issue is.  I love the idea and I hope that they perfect this and make more connection types, but for now just my father is using it for his phone and that seems to be working out great for him.  Much easier for him to use it than inserting the regular charger.