http://www.idtechex.com/research/topics/energy-harvesting-and-storage-000474.asp IDTechEx provides independent analysis on the development and application of RFID, Printed Electronics, Photovoltaics and Energy Harvesting en Copyright (C) IDTechEx Ltd 474 /research/topics/energy-harvesting-and-storage-000474.asp 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. http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/pacemaker-powered-by-heartbeats-00004139.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/pacemaker-powered-by-heartbeats-00004139.asp?rsstopicid=47403 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. http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/highways-to-wirelessly-charge-moving-cars-00004138.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/highways-to-wirelessly-charge-moving-cars-00004138.asp?rsstopicid=47402 Feb 2012 Promethean's Thermal Energy Battery is a technology aimed at bringing cold-storage infrastructure to emerging economies. http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/thermal-energy-battery-enables-off-grid-milk-chilling-00004132.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/thermal-energy-battery-enables-off-grid-milk-chilling-00004132.asp?rsstopicid=47401 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.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/thinergy-mecs-are-ideal-for-bluetooth-low-energy-applications-00004133.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/thinergy-mecs-are-ideal-for-bluetooth-low-energy-applications-00004133.asp?rsstopicid=47401 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.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/power-harvesting-paint-monitors-structural-safety-00004128.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/power-harvesting-paint-monitors-structural-safety-00004128.asp?rsstopicid=47431 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.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/rap-music-powers-medical-sensor-00004124.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/rap-music-powers-medical-sensor-00004124.asp?rsstopicid=47430 Jan 2012 Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have recently published research into bubble propelled microrockets for use in the human stomach.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/autonomous-microrockets-for-biomedical-and-industrial-use-00004114.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/autonomous-microrockets-for-biomedical-and-industrial-use-00004114.asp?rsstopicid=47427 Jan 2012 Ramtron International Corporation, developer and supplier of nonvolatile ferroelectric random access memory (F-RAM) and integrated semiconductor products, has announced the world's lowest energy nonvolatile memory product.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/lowest-energy-nonvolatile-memory-00004117.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/lowest-energy-nonvolatile-memory-00004117.asp?rsstopicid=47426 Jan 2012 IDTechEx's Energy Harvesting & WSN conference in Berlin, on May 15 and 16 this year (www.IDTechEx.com/EH ) will focus both on wireless sensors as well as the photovoltaic and other harvesting technologies that are being integrated and are creating exciting new market segments for solar cells. http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/solar-energy-harvesting-is-scaling-up-the-only-way-forward-00004118.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/solar-energy-harvesting-is-scaling-up-the-only-way-forward-00004118.asp?rsstopicid=47425 Jan 2012 Researchers from the University at Buffalo, Army Research Laboratory and Air Force Office of Scientific Research have developed a new, nanomaterials-based technology that has the potential to increase the efficiency of photovoltaic cells up to 45 percent.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/tweaking-solar-cells-leads-to-greater-efficiency-00004112.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/tweaking-solar-cells-leads-to-greater-efficiency-00004112.asp?rsstopicid=47424 Jan 2012 A team of researchers at the University of Cambridge led by Professor Arokia Nathan are working on harvesting energy from light to power an OLED display in a step towards energy harvesting for smartphones.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/research-into-energy-harvesting-for-smartphones-00004105.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/research-into-energy-harvesting-for-smartphones-00004105.asp?rsstopicid=47423 Jan 2012 BACnet building automation products from KMC Controls has now been augmented to include wireless sensors. These new sensors employ EnOcean energy-harvesting wireless technology.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/bacnet-offering-extended-to-wireless-via-enocean-00004106.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/bacnet-offering-extended-to-wireless-via-enocean-00004106.asp?rsstopicid=47423 Jan 2012 A cell phone-charging, mileage-counting, LCD-sporting stroller, with generators in the rear wheels that charge it as you walk.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/energy-harvesting-stroller-00004101.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/energy-harvesting-stroller-00004101.asp?rsstopicid=47420 Jan 2012 Boston University researchers have demonstrated a new way to efficiently trap and enhance light in nanoscale structures and nanopatterned thin films, which can significantly improve performance of photonic and electronic devices such as nanosensors, thin-film organic solar cells and optical nanochips. http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/scientists-harness-optical-tornadoes-00004092.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/scientists-harness-optical-tornadoes-00004092.asp?rsstopicid=47419 Jan 2012 An industrial designer based in London, has created AIRE, a concept mask that converts wind energy (provided by the wearer's breath) into electricity for the recharging of small electronic devices. http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/harvesting-power-from-breathing-00004091.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/harvesting-power-from-breathing-00004091.asp?rsstopicid=47418 Jan 2012