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Wireless sensor networks: creating a $2 billion market in 2021

According to IDTechEx research in the new report Wireless Sensor Networks 2011-2021, WSN will grow rapidly from $0.45 billion in 2011 to $2 billion in 2021.

Dust Networks demonstrate self-powered IPV6 wireless sensor network

Dust Networks® demonstrated a SmartMesh® IP 6LoWPAN wireless network running on harvested energy at the IDTechEx Wireless Sensor Network & RTLS Summit in Munich, Germany, June 21 - 22.

Interview with Jason Wortham, scientist at Maxim Integrated Products

IDTechEx analyst Dr. Harry Zervos interviewed Jason Wortham, Senior Scientist with Maxim and got some more insight into the company's involvement in the energy harvesting space.

Interview with IPS's Director of Applications Engineering, Joe Keating

Mr. Joe Keating, director, applications engineering manager with Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS) talked to IDTechEx technology analyst Harry Zervos about the company's developments and its positioning within the emerging energy harvesting sector.

Enecsys appoints Louis-Philippe Lalonde

Enecsys Limited announces the appointment of Louis-Philippe Lalonde as VP, Worldwide Marketing and Product Management.

Perpetua Power Source Technologies acquisition of Thermo Life Energy

Perpetua Power Source Technologies, Inc. (Perpetua), provider of renewable energy solutions for wireless sensors, has announced the acquisition of Energy Harvesting Technologies, Inc., d.b.a. Thermo Life® Energy Corp., (www.poweredbythermolife.com ) a leading developer of advanced thermoelectric technology.

Low-energy DECT variant targets sensor networks

Wireless sensor nodes need to run on batteries for many years. SiTel Semiconductor and RTX Telecom are proposing a new ultra-low-energy extension to the existing DECT standard especially for this kind of application.

Congratulations! Energy harvesting has arrived!

The IDTechEx exhibition with the only co-located conference on Energy Harvesting & Storage with Wireless Sensor Networks & Real Time Locating Systems saw an unprecedented 340 people attending and 28 exhibitors.

Report from the IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and Wireless Sensor events

Last week the second annual IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage USA 2010 event opened to 340 people and 28 exhibitors, up significantly from the previous year, indicative of the rising interest in the topic. The event was co-located with the IDTechEx Wireless Sensor Networks and RTLS conference, bringing together all those involved in these two industries.

Microchip and Powercast Debut World's First RF Energy Harvesting Kit

Microchip Technology Inc and Powercast Corporation have announced the Lifetime Power® Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors featuring PIC® microcontrollers with eXtreme Low Power (XLP) Technology.

Applications for remote controls with minimal impact on battery life

GreenPeak's unique ultra low power synchronization technique allows both applications to operate with a minimal impact on battery life thereby allowing the remote control battery life to last more than ten years.

Microchip & Cymbet's energy harvesting application development kit

Microchip and Cymbet Release World's First Energy Harvesting Application Development Kit Using eXtreme Low Power MCUs.

RFID in 2010: The New Dawn

IDTechEx has recently completed its survey of the global RFID industry which provides detailed market forecasts segmented in many different ways. In this article, report author Raghu Das summarizes some of the findings from the report "RFID Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2011-2021".

RFID in 2010 - The New Dawn

IDTechEx has recently completed its survey of the global RFID industry which provides detailed market forecasts segmented in many different ways.

Major new advances in energy harvesting

There have been concerns about the limitations of the various energy harvesting technologies which might explain the modest success of energy harvesting in electronics beyond the widespread use of photovoltaics.

Active RFID applications using IEEE 802.15.4

At the recent IDTechEx conference Wireless Sensor Networks and RTLS Europe in Munich, Colin Faulkner of the UK fabless semiconductor company Jennic spoke on Active RFID Applications Using IEEE 802.15.4.

ZigBee wireless temperature sensor energized by a thermo generator

At the recent IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and Storage conference Europe in Munich, an excellent presentation was given by the $20 billion Schneider Electric on a ZigBee Wireless Temperature Sensor Energized by a Thermo Generator.

Enecsys launches solar PV micro-inverter for Europe and North America

Patented technology improves energy harvest by up to 20% and achieves high-reliability and product life expectancy of at least 25 years.

Greenpeak names Hans Rohrer as Chairman of the Board

GreenPeak Technologies, a leading fabless semiconductor company, has announced that semiconductor industry figure Hans Rohrer has been appointed Chairman of the Board.

ZigBee for Energy Harvesting and Very Low Power

The ZigBee standards lead to electronic systems that are inherently self organizing (self calibrating) and self healing and such devices use much less power and can be deployed in larger numbers than the original WiFi and Bluetooth options. However, we now have low power WiFi and Bluetooth and many proprietary protocols for wireless sensor networks that use much less power than ZigBee, power being a constant worry because WSN needs so much electricity and yet the devices usually need to be small. So what are the ZigBee enthusiasts doing to stay relevant?