Energy Scavenging Archive
Harvesting energy from super-small sources
Design engineers once viewed physical phenomena such as vibrations as nuisances to be eliminated. Today, though, they increasingly look at the occurrence of vibrations as an opportunity to harvest useful energy....
Now up and running: A database of energy harvesting info
An online resource for researchers contains detailed data on energy harvesting availability and qualities....
DOE says wave energy holds a lot of potential
Waves and tidal currents off the nation's coasts could contribute significantly to total US electricity production....
Energy Harvesting for the Real World - Tony Armstrong
Energy Harvesting for the Real World - Tony Armstrong, Linear Technology Corp....
Dust Networks hooks up with Linear Technology: Will energy scavenging ever be the same?
The acquisition by low-power chip maker Linear Technology of Dust Networks could give wireless sensor networks a jolt. ...
A low-power boost for energy harvesting
Step-up Low-Voltage Booster Modules don't even need a battery to power their load....
Plumbing for power: Energy harvesting turns temperature differences into electricity
The engineering team at Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Durham, N.C., have developed a new way to convert small temperature differences into electricity using...
New energy manager IC for nanopower energy harvesting apps
A 330-nA quiescent current and 330-mV cold-start make a new boost converter a hot contender for managing power harvested from TEG, piezo, and other similar sources....
The fundamentals of energy harvesting design
The proliferation of power-miser sensors, microcontrollers and RF transceivers is ushering in wireless sensor networks powered exclusively or supplemented...
Coming: More efficient thermoelectric generators, thanks to nanocomposites
You can add nanocomposites to the list of materials that will turn heat into electricity. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will...
IEDM 2011 highlights energy harvesting
The 2011 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), to be held December 5-7 in Washington, D.C., will include a major emphasis on circuit-device...
Who's harvesting energy?
The amount of money spent on energy harvesters in 2011 will be $0.7Bn....
The dynamics of wave energy
In the quest for green energy, engineers have increasingly viewed tides and ocean waves as sources from which they can harvest energy. But there is no...
Work advances on thin-film piezoelectric power sources
Researchers characterize properties of thin films containing piezoelectric material....
A ferrous alloy that generates electricity
A recently discovered multiferroic alloy becomes magnetic when heated and could be an interesting tool for energy harvesting....
