There doesn’t have to be much more to setting up a simple solar panel installation than connecting the panel to a battery. Of course we would at least recommend the use of a battery management system ...

As the number of electronic devices grows, we’re going to have to get creative with our energy sources. Cambridge researchers have now demonstrated how an algae energy harvester can use sunlight to ...

Even if such a superpowered hamster existed, its speed would likely cause the motor to melt before it provided any juice to a ...

Although there are now a number of devices that generate electricity via movement, most of them only work in dry environments. A new one, however, also functions underwater – meaning it could be used ...

As you all should know by now, batteries are one of the biggest bottlenecks preventing the advancement of our mobile tech. We can stuff as many powerful processors and as much memory as we want into ...

Primary Inventor: Amer A. Chlaihawi, Massood Z. Atashbar, Bradley B. Bazuin, Sepehr Emamian, Binu Baby Narakathu, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ...

A small energy harvesting device that can transform subtle mechanical vibrations into electrical energy could be used to power wireless sensors and actuators for use in anything from temperature and ...

MUNICH, Germany — IMEC has built the prototype of a piezo-based energy harvester which generates energy from mechanical vibrations. The research institute expects market introduction of such concepts ...

Radio trackers have become an important part of studying the movements of wildlife, but keeping one running for the life of an animal has been challenging. Researchers have now developed a way to let ...