Wireless Communication without Batteries - Pushing the Boundaries of Physics

Dr.Ir. Leo Poll is a business development manager for Philips Research, responsible for commercialising Philips Research's groundbreaking technologies through venturing and technology licensing. Core areas of interest include healthcare devices, asset tracking, short range wireless & sensor technology. Prior to his current role he led a number of projects as a senior scientist for Philips Research in areas such as context awareness and mobile personal devices. Before joining Philips, he was a Research Assistant at the Institute for Perception Research in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, where he conducted applied research on computer access systems for visually impaired users.

With laboratories in six countries (Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, India, USA, China) and staffed by around 1,800 people, Philips Research creates innovations in the areas of Healthcare, Lifestyle and Technology. Our common vision is to create technologies that will lead to products that improve people's lives. Our activities have led to more than 130,000 patent (total R&D) and design rights, and the publishing of many thousands of technical and scientific papers.

 

The Cambridge Laboratory on the Cambridge Science Park was officially opened on the 6th of November 2008. As well as anticipating venturing technology businesses and building new partnerships with the many publicly and privately funded innovation activities in Cambridge; Philips Research will nurture existing partnerships with universities whilst strengthening its links with Cambridge University.