Battery-free robots use origami to change shape in mid-air
Researchers at the University of Washington developed small robotic devices that can change how they move through the air by 'snapping' into a folded position during…
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Innovative paper-like, battery-free, AI-enabled sensor for holistic wound monitoring: Low-cost and…
Scientists from the National University of Singapore and A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering have invented a paper-like, battery-free, AI-enabled sensor patch -- PETAL -- for convenient and effective monitoring of wound…
Future Google TV to get self-charging, battery-free remote
San Francisco, January 13
TW Electronics, the UK-based company behind the reference remote used on most Android TV and Google TV devices in recent years, has introduced a new design of the…
Battery-free, light-powered pacemaker may improve quality of life for heart disease patients
Atrial fibrillation -- a form of irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia -- leads to more than 454,000 hospitalizations and nearly 160,000 deaths in the United States each year. Globally, it is estimated that approximately 60 million people are…
Battery-free smart devices to harvest ambient energy for IoT
The Internet of Things allows our smart gadgets in the home and wearable technologies like our smart watches to communicate and operate together. Credit: Ponchai…
MIT engineers invent a wireless, battery-free camera that works underwater using soundwaves-…
Mehul Reuben DasSep 29, 2022 10:41:09 ISTA team of engineers and scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts have developed a radical new camera system that works without batteries, transmits data…
Engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera
The battery-free, wireless underwater camera could help scientists explore unknown regions of the ocean, track pollution, or monitor the effects of climate change.…
Battery-free MakeCode empowers kids to code sustainably
A student at Pūʻōhala Elementary School in Kāneʻohe, Hawaii, explores Battery-free MakeCode in the classroom. Credit: David Cournoyer/American Indian Science and…
Tiny battery-free devices float in the wind like dandelion seeds
Inspired by how dandelions use the wind to distribute their seeds, a University of Washington team has developed a tiny sensor-carrying device that can be blown by the…
Now everyone can build battery-free electronic devices
Credit: Northwestern University
Last year, computer engineers from Northwestern University and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)…