27 Oct 2011

Wireless sensor networks and energy harvesting coming together
Zero power wireless sensors are now available, which bring together new low power wireless ICs with energy harvesters (which harvest energy from heat, light or motion, for example) and the appropriate form of energy storage and conditioning.
External press release
23 Sep 2011

Arrow Electronics offers turnkey energy-harvesting reference design
Arrow Electronics, Inc. has joined with leading suppliers Silicon Labs, Infinite Power Solutions and Linear Technology Corporation to launch a turnkey energy-harvesting reference design enabling wireless networks powered by a solar energy-harvesting source.
23 Jun 2011

Winners of the IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and WSN Awards
At the Energy Harvesting & Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) awards dinner on June 21 in Munich, Germany, companies were recognized for making significant technical or commercial progress with these technologies.
23 Jun 2011

Keynote Presentations at IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and WSN Europe
Keynote Presentations at IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and WSN Europe, Munich, 21 June 2011.
26 May 2011

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.
External press release
2 Dec 2010

Infinite Power Solutions names former Segway Exec James Norrod as CEO
Infinite Power Solutions has announced that it has named former Segway Inc. executive James Norrod to the position of president and CEO of IPS, effective immediately.
26 Nov 2010

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.
External press release
23 Nov 2010

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.
19 Nov 2010

Winners of the IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & WSN Awards
Companies were recognized for their outstanding progress in the fields of Energy Harvesting and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) at the IDTechEx awards dinner in Boston, MA on November 16.
External press release
18 Nov 2010

Powercast debuts RF energy harvesting for wireless battery charging
At IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage USA 2010 Powercast Corporation, a leader in RF-based wireless power and energy harvesting technology, announced its Lifetime Power® Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Battery Charging.
11 Nov 2010

Preview of Energy Harvesting USA 2010 - Exclusive World Firsts
Next week the second annual IDTechEx event "Energy Harvesting & Storage USA 2010" opens in Boston, USA. Since last year, the attendance has grown by 25% at this stage and there are a total of 28 exhibitors - compared to 20 last year.
21 Oct 2010

Energy Harvesting & Storage - WSN & RTLS Summit USA 2010: At a glance
IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage and the WSN & RTLS Summit USA 2010 conference and exhibition areonly a few weeks away now, and the programme is already full of a wide array of speakers, representing different industries and requirements from energy harvesting devices as well as implementations of wireless sensor networks.
17 Sep 2010

TSMC begins building solar R&D center and fab in central Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company enters into the thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) market.
13 Sep 2010

Wireless Sensor Networks: Dream and Reality
At the IDTechEx joint event Wireless Sensor Networks & RTLS USA and Energy Harvesting USA in Boston, Massachusetts November 16-17, many noteworthy advances will be announced for the first time.
31 Aug 2010

Progress with thermoelectric harvesting
At the forthcoming Energy Harvesting USA event in Boston Massachusetts, 16-17 November, Prof Gang Chen of Massachusetts Institute of Technology will talk on "Power from temperature difference: thermoelectric technology for energy harvesting".
24 Aug 2010

Infinite Power Solutions raises $20 million in funding
Infinite Power Solutions, Inc has successfully completed its series C round of financing—raising $20 million. The new capital will be used to expand the company's manufacturing capacity, accelerate the build out of its global sales channels and further support advanced research and development of its eco-friendly, THINERGY® solid-state rechargeable energy storage devices.
28 May 2010

Some impressions of Energy Harvesting Europe
The IDTechEx Energy Harvesting Europe event in Munich had its first day on 26 May. Here are some impressions from the first day.
20 May 2010

Laminar batteries are better
Laminar batteries are increasingly adopted in electronics because they have better cooling, damage tolerance and performance in respect of charge and discharge speed when optimally designed for this shape. Companies such as Cymbet and Infinite Power Solutions already supply small laminar lithium batteries for such applications as backup power for electronics and some even continue to operate if a nail is driven through them.
19 May 2010

Energy Harvesting & Storage and Wireless Sensor Networks, RTLS Preview
Only the IDTechEx "Energy Harvesting and Storage" events are paired with "Wireless Sensor Networks & RTLS", covering the systems most in need of energy harvesting.
29 Apr 2010

Piezoelectric energy harvesting
Despite the embryonic market for piezoelectric energy harvesters, there is prolific development of the technology. The development focus is on creating stable, long life, lower cost and smaller piezoelectric energy harvesters.