http://www.idtechex.com/research/topics/energy-harvesting-and-storage-000474.ja.asp IDTechEx provides independent analysis on the development and application of RFID, Printed Electronics, Photovoltaics and Energy Harvesting ja 著作権 (C) IDTechEx Ltd 474 /research/topics/energy-harvesting-and-storage-000474.ja.asp A newly developed ionic-liquid- and silica-based gel electrolyte greatly improves both the energy and power density of flexible supercapacitors, say researchers at Korea University.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/ionic-liquid-based-gel-electrolyte-boosts-flexible-supercapacitors-00004155.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/ionic-liquid-based-gel-electrolyte-boosts-flexible-supercapacitors-00004155.asp?rsstopicid=47409 Feb 2012 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. http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/implanted-biofuel-cell-converts-bugs-chemistry-into-electricity-00004154.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/implanted-biofuel-cell-converts-bugs-chemistry-into-electricity-00004154.asp?rsstopicid=47408 Feb 2012 Researchers at the Polytechnic School of Montreal in Canada have built a battery that can be woven into a garment.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/battery-that-can-be-woven-into-clothing-00004147.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/battery-that-can-be-woven-into-clothing-00004147.asp?rsstopicid=47407 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. http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/solar-cells-from-grass-clippings-00004142.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/solar-cells-from-grass-clippings-00004142.asp?rsstopicid=47406 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. 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