Latest Energy Harvesting News & Analysis from IDTechEx

An insect's internal chemicals can be converted to electricity, potentially providing power for sensors, recording devices or to control the bug, a group of researchers at Case Western Reserve University report.  (08 Feb 2012)

Researchers at the Polytechnic School of Montreal in Canada have built a battery that can be woven into a garment. (07 Feb 2012)

Within a few years, people in remote villages in the developing world may be able to make their own solar panels, at low cost, using otherwise worthless agricultural waste as their raw material.  (06 Feb 2012)

Aerospace engineers from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have developed a prototype device that could power a pacemaker using vibrations in the chest cavity that are due mainly to heartbeats.  (03 Feb 2012)

A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet apart. The long-term goal of the research is to develop an all-electric highway that wirelessly charges cars and trucks as they drive down the road.  (02 Feb 2012)

Promethean's Thermal Energy Battery is a technology aimed at bringing cold-storage infrastructure to emerging economies.  (01 Feb 2012)

Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS) has announced that their award-winning THINERGY® Micro-Energy Cell (MEC) products are the ideal energy storage solution for many Bluetooth® Smart (also known as Bluetooth Low Energy) devices. (01 Feb 2012)

An innovative low-cost smart paint that can detect microscopic faults in wind turbines, mines and bridges before structural damage occurs is being developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. (31 Jan 2012)

The driving bass rhythm of rap music can be harnessed to power a new type of miniature medical sensor designed to be implanted in the body. (30 Jan 2012)

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have recently published research into bubble propelled microrockets for use in the human stomach. (27 Jan 2012)