StretchSense unveils Energy Harvesting Wearable Sensor

Posted on 10/07/2015 by i4u

Energy harvesting is an emerging trend for wearables. Several start-ups are working on extending battery life or even harvest enough energy to self-power wearables. Today StretchSense CEO Ben O’Brien...

Energy Harvesting from Rolling Car Tires Uses Triboelectric Effect

Posted on 30/06/2015 by i4u

Energy harvesting is an up and coming topic. Recently we covered technologies that harvest stray radio frequency waves to charge smartphone batteries. Now a group of University of Wisconsin-Madison...

Nikola Labs RF Energy Harvesting Smartphone Case Launches on Kickstarter

Posted on 11/06/2015 by i4u

Nikola Labs is launched a Kickstarter campaign for it’s RF energy harvesting smartphone case today June 10 at 1pm ET. The Nikola Labs cases extend a smartphone battery life by harvesting wasted radio...

Wi-Fi used to Power Surveillance Camera

Posted on 06/06/2015 by i4u

Last month we stumbled over this geek mind blowing technology of harvesting energy from radio frequencies. We reported about the K3Ops smartphone case that recharges a smartphone from stray radio...

RF Energy Harvesting Smartphone Cases from Nikola Labs and K3OPS Coming

Posted on 01/06/2015 by i4u

It sounds to good to be true. Using the free energy of radio frequency waves that surround us today can be harvested to keep smartphone batteries charged. There are two companies we know off that are...

K3OPS develops RF Energy Harvesting Smartphone Case and Batteries

Posted on 27/05/2015 by i4u

Converting Radio waves into electrical power is not a new concept. The so called rectenna was conceived by William C. Brown back in 1964. Rectennas are also widely used today. RFID tags contain a...

Nanogenerator is a Ultra-stretchable Piezoelectric Generator for Wearables

Posted on 14/04/2015 by i4u

A research team led by Professor Keon Jae Lee of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed a hyper-...

Solpro Helios Smart is the Fastest Portable Solar Charger debuted at CES 2015

Posted on 09/01/2015 by sumayah

The CES 2015 provided a view of the Solpro-constructed Helios Smart (available on Amazon) which is a solar chargeable device that is so fast in its capabilities that it left the consumer audience...

EnerPlex’s New Portable Solar Power Solutions will be showcased at CES 2015

Posted on 02/01/2015 by affam

Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of state of the art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules that are integrated into off grid applications. The company announced today...

The Wild Power

Posted on 22/10/2014 by Radhika Seth

Energy Harvesting is device that uses temperature differences between objects to source renewable energy via a thermoelectric generator and thermoelectric energy management chips. The good thing about it is that it can be used in any setting to harvest the energy and tank up. It is a practical both in the city and in the wild.

Designers: Chien Ta-Wei, Huang Li-Ren, Chu Fang-Chih, Chu Yuan-Hua, Huang Chao-Jen & Yao Hong-Da – Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

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