Powering IoT Wireless Sensors and ICs without Batteries

Power Pulse ^ | Jan 29, 2018 | N/A

[huldah1776]

ENERGY HARVESTING Published 11 hours, 44 minutes ago Powering IoT Wireless Sensors and ICs without Batteries BRIDG, an industry-led public-private partnership for advanced technologies and manufacturing processes, announces a collaboration with Face® International Corporation in the development and integration of a patented energy-harvesting technology – the Evercell™ power cell – that is capable of powering wireless IoT sensors without batteries.

The Evercell technology employs a unique design and advanced materials to harvest thermal energy in any environment where the ambient temperature is above absolute zero – reliably generating the microwatts of electrical power needed to run wireless IoT sensors without the need for batteries.

Evercell power cells are inexpensive to produce, consume no fuel, have no moving parts, and contain no toxic materials.

According to company officials, an Evercell demonstration device has been operating continuously for 16 months with undiminished performance, producing enough electrical output to power a typical wireless sensor.

The breakthrough energy harvesting power cell was developed and patented by Face International Corporation, a technology company with more than 60 patents, to address a technology barrier that experts say has been the primary problem limiting the growth of the IoT – the dependence on billions of batteries to power the sensors critical to its operation

[GingisK]

IOT stands for "Internet of Things". Some folks seem to believe that everything has to be monitored so that its readings can be published on the Internet. Any sensor can be used: temperature, pressure, velocity, light intensity, force, etc. The sensor is connected to a microcomputer that digitizes the readings. In turn, the microprocessor is connected to a low power RF transceiver, which gains Internet connectivity through a local WIFI router. Fairly capable 32-bit microprocessors are now very small and require little power to operate. Capable enough to handle the rather gigantic message protocol used over WIFI.

There are web sites to which sensors can send data, and those same sites present that data on a web page.

[huldah1776]

Do you get static shocks at absolute zero? Can I move at absolute zero? LOL

[huldah1776]

Thank you for that. Now it fits.

[huldah1776]

It was late when I asked and now that I have a better understanding (thank you Freepers!) I went to the company site and they talk about it. Not in Freeper english so this is about the thermal part.

http://faceinternational.com/evercell/

video for me...I’m a visual learner. :)

[huldah1776]

Good for Big Brother, eh?