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Organic Solar Cell Directly Recharges Lithium-Ion Battery

News - 15 Oct 2012

A new breakthrough in solar technology means portable electronic devices such as e-book readers could soon be re-charged on the move in low light levels and partial shading. Scientists from the...

Common Solar Technology can Charge Sensors, Wireless Devices Using Indoor Light

News - 20 Aug 2021

Any time you turn on a light at home or in the office, you are expending energy. But what if flipping the light switch meant producing energy too? We usually think of solar, or photovoltaic...

Touchstone Semiconductor Announced the TS3300 Boost Regulator

News - 15 May 2013

Touchstone Semiconductor, a leading developer of high-performance, low-power analog integrated circuit solutions, today announced the TS3300 boost regulator. The TS3300 uses only 3.5µA of...

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe and Solliance to work on New Application for Solar Cells

News - 30 Nov 2012

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe and Solliance (ECN, imec, TNO, Holst Centre, TU/e, Forschungszentrum Jülich) are counting on a highly promising form of power generation: organic photovoltaics (OPV)....

Growing Adoption of SPD-Smart Electronically Dimmable Windows Evident at NBAA and the Dubai Airshows

News - 21 Nov 2015

Research Frontiers, At the November 17-19 NBAA show in Las Vegas, Nevada, and at the November 8-12 Dubai Airshow in Dubai, UAE, the growing use of SPD-Smart electronically dimmable windows (EDWs) for...

UMD Researchers Develop Graphene Photosensor

News - 6 Jun 2012

University of Maryland’s Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials research team has developed a new type of sensitive detector of infrared light called hot electron bolometer that is...

IDTechEx Publishes a New Report on Active RFID

News - 25 Aug 2010

IDTechEx has published a report titled ‘Active RFID and Sensor Networks 2011-2021’, investigating at length the key players, the markets, the technologies, cost price per unit, tag numbers...

Environmentally Harvested Energy Powers Battery-Free Wireless Sensor Networks

News - 31 May 2010

Location tracking, condition monitoring, environmental monitoring, industrial controls, and building automation systems use wireless sensor networks (WSNs) that are powered by energy harvested...

Energy Autonomous Miniature Wireless Sensor Mote

Article - 23 Oct 2020

This multidisciplinary project aims at demonstrating an energy-autonomous miniature wireless sensor node that is powered with a 3 segment PV-cell and a solid-state battery.

How Sensors are Revolutionizing Robotics

Article - 5 Jun 2018

By equipping robotic devices with sensors, robotics have become increasingly capable of performing a multitude of complex and sophisticated tasks for various industrial purposes.