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 movement... 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
The rubbery surface allows the applied mechanical stress of footsteps to produce piezoelectricity It could be the last word in concrete solutions to carbon emissions: a paving slab th... Read more
What’s the Latest Development? The French telecommunications company Orange has developed a thin, wearable film that converts sound into electricity. When the piezoelectric film, which... Read more
The extraordinarily large response could revolutionize the field of electro-active devices Crystals and ceramics pale when compared to a material researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory... 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
Meredith Perry turned 22 this month. She just graduated from college and started a new company built around a technology she recently invented. There’s plenty of bad economic news thes... Read more
Everlasting batteries and self-powered portable electronics have come one step closer to reality, according to the results of new research by Australian scientists from the Royal Melbourne I... 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
Working within the Holst Centre program on Micropower Generation and Storage, researchers have developed a small piezoelectric device capable of harvesting 85 microwatts of electricity from... Read more