A system for providing power to a stored coordinate measurement machine probe (180, 180A, 180B, 180C), the system comprising: a storage rack; a coordinate measurement machine probe (180, 180A, 180C), CMM probe, which is stored in the storage rack and is automatically attachable to and detachable from a coordinate measurement machine, CMM, wherein the storage rack is mountable proximate to a CMM and comprises a probe receptacle configured to accept and hold the CMM probe (180, 180A, 180C) to be automatically inserted and removed from the probe receptacle by the CMM; and a power transfer configuration; characterized in that the power transfer configuration comprises: a primary electromagnetic winding mounted to the storage rack proximate to or within the probe receptacle, the primary electromagnetic winding configured to receive power from an alternating current generating power supply and generate a changing electromagnetic field proximate to a proximate portion of a housing of the CMM probe (180, 180A, 180C) held in the probe receptacle; and a secondary electromagnetic winding (199, 199A, 199C) located internally to the housing of the CMM probe (180, 180A, 180B, 180C) and proximate to the proximate portion of the housing of the CMM probe (180, 180A, 180B, 180C), the secondary electromagnetic winding (199, 199A, 199C) generating power usable inside the CMM probe (180, 180A, 180B, 180C), in response to the changing electromagnetic field, wherein: the proximate portion of the housing is on a side of the housing and is not on a contact face of the CMM probe (180, 180A, 180B, 180C) which is for mounting to the CMM; the housing is at least in part a metal housing comprising at least a metal portion which at least partially surrounds the proximate portion of the housing; and the proximate portion of the housing is configured with at least one different characteristic than the metal portion of the housing to enable the secondary electromagnetic winding (199, 199A, 199C) to better couple to the changing electromagnetic field that is generated by the primary electromagnetic winding. a storage rack; a coordinate measurement machine probe (180, 180A, 180C), CMM probe, which is stored in the storage rack and is automatically attachable to and detachable from a coordinate measurement machine, CMM, wherein the storage rack is mountable proximate to a CMM and comprises a probe receptacle configured to accept and hold the CMM probe (180, 180A, 180C) to be automatically inserted and removed from the probe receptacle by the CMM; and a power transfer configuration; a primary electromagnetic winding mounted to the storage rack proximate to or within the probe receptacle, the primary electromagnetic winding configured to receive power from an alternating current generating power supply and generate a changing electromagnetic field proximate to a proximate portion of a housing of the CMM probe (180, 180A, 180C) held in the probe receptacle; and a secondary electromagnetic winding (199, 199A, 199C) located internally to the housing of the CMM probe (180, 180A, 180B, 180C) and proximate to the proximate portion of the housing of the CMM probe (180, 180A, 180B, 180C), the secondary electromagnetic winding (199, 199A, 199C) generating power usable inside the CMM probe (180, 180A, 180B, 180C), in response to the changing electromagnetic field, wherein: the proximate portion of the housing is on a side of the housing and is not on a contact face of the CMM probe (180, 180A, 180B, 180C) which is for mounting to the CMM; the housing is at least in part a metal housing comprising at least a metal portion which at least partially surrounds the proximate portion of the housing; and the proximate portion of the housing is configured with at least one different characteristic than the metal portion of the housing to enable the secondary electromagnetic winding (199, 199A, 199C) to better couple to the changing electromagnetic field that is generated by the primary electromagnetic winding. the proximate portion of the housing is on a side of the housing and is not on a contact face of the CMM probe (180, 180A, 180B, 180C) which is for mounting to the CMM; the housing is at least in part a metal housing comprising at least a metal portion which at least partially surrounds the proximate portion of the housing; and the proximate portion of the housing is configured with at least one different characteristic than the metal portion of the housing to enable the secondary electromagnetic winding (199, 199A, 199C) to better couple to the changing electromagnetic field that is generated by the primary electromagnetic winding.