“Using such an approach could make solar energy harvesting and optoelectronic devices much better.” Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a new mechanism for extr... Read more
Out in the wilds or anywhere off the grid, sophisticated instruments small enough to fit in a shirt pocket will one day scavenge power from sunlight, body heat, or other sources to monitor w... Read more
Stony Brook University have developed a new patent-pending electromagnetic energy harvester Much of the abundant mechanical energy around us is irregular and oscillatory and can be somewhat... Read more
“Many of the patients are children who live with pacemakers for many years” An experimental device converted energy from a beating heart to provide enough electricity to power a pacemaker ,... Read more
System developed at MIT could combine power harvested from light, heat and vibrations to run monitoring systems. Researchers at MIT have taken a significant step toward battery-free monitori... Read more
Energy harvesters make use of a piezoelectric material Randomness and chaos in nature, as it turns out, can be a good thing — especially when trying to harvest energy from the m... Read more
The university is now pursuing a patent for the technology Insects have served as the inspiration for a number of Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) that could be deployed to monitor hazardous... Read more
Hyperactive MEMS devices could reduce power consumption Integrating a complex, single-crystal material with “giant” piezoelectric properties onto silicon, University of Wisconsin... Read more
Most MEMS are presently made chiefly of silicon With sizes is typically measured in micrometers, Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) devices are already being used in applications such as... Read more
Dimmable windows, in one form or another, have been with us for several years now. We’ve seen examples such as the manually-adjustable SPD-Smart motorcoach windows, the energy-harvesti... Read more
“But if it is a single-layer MEMS device, then we can fabricate [the device for] less than $1.” The advantages of wireless sensors to monitor equipment and structures in remote l... Read more
Remember the last time the battery on your cellphone died in the middle of a conversation? Tom Krupenkin, a UW-Madison physicist and researcher, sympathizes. Actually, he’s done more than th... Read more
Engineers from Princeton University have developed power-generating rubber films that could be used to harness natural body movements such as breathing or walking in order to power electroni... Read more
While the idea of using photovoltaic technology in windows to harvest sunlight for conversion to energy is not new, Smart Energy Glass (SEG) is taking a slightly different approach with a so... Read more
Image by kun0me via Flickr In research that gives literal meaning to the term “power suit,” University of California, Berkeley, engineers have created energy-scavenging nanofiber... Read more
