Georgia Institute of Technology

Reducing the weight of military manpacks with energy harvesting

The US Army has presented at IDTechEx conferences, pointing out that a US warfighter often has to carry more than the ancient Roman soldier. This is despite the fact that the ancient Roman soldier carried prefabricated fort parts and food, with no support staff. A major problem today is the batteries.

Harvesting fluid power for an ankle-foot orthosis

A self-contained, self-controlled, pneumatic power harvesting ankle-foot orthosis (PhAFO) to manage foot-drop has been developed and tested by a group of scientists from the University of Illinois and Georgia Institute of Technology.

Energy harvesting fabrics

Scientists are researching the development of energy-scavenging fabrics, with in-built nanotechnology which uses the kinetic energy from the wearer's movements and converts it into electricity for powering electronics.

Nanostructures on optical fiber produce hidden photovoltaic cells

Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like roofs. uniUsing zinc oxide nanostructures grown on optical fibers and coated with dye-sensitized solar cell materials, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new type of three-dimensional photovoltaic system. The approach could allow PV systems to be hidden from view and located away from traditional locations such as rooftops.

Nanostructures on optical fiber produce hidden photovoltaic cells

Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like roofs. uniUsing zinc oxide nanostructures grown on optical fibers and coated with dye-sensitized solar cell materials, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new type of three-dimensional photovoltaic system. The approach could allow PV systems to be hidden from view and located away from traditional locations such as rooftops.

Energy harvesting from zinc oxide nanowires

Professor Zhong Lin Wang has demonstrated energy harvesters based on Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanowires.

Electricity produced through muscle movement

Researchers have demonstrated that a hamster wearing a jacket onto which nanogenerators are attached can produce electricity as the animal runs on its wheel.

New silicon solar cell manufacturer starts production

Suniva claim its cells operate at about 18 percent efficiency, near 50 percent better than the average cell produced today. They hope to increase cell efficiency to over 20% by 2011 by implementing 3 improvements in cell design.

Finance for Printed Electronics is Not Drying Up

The news media are full of the details of the global financial meltdown. Is this affecting finance for the small companies and start-ups involved in printed and potentially printed electronics and electrics? We think not.

Flexible charge pump offers another means of producing electricity

Researchers have developed a new type of small-scale electric power generator able to produce alternating current through the cyclical stretching and releasing of zinc oxide wires encapsulated in a flexible plastic substrate with two ends bonded.

Energy harvesting

Energy harvesting, otherwise known as energy scavenging is needed to boost and eventually replace the batteries in printed and other low cost and miniature electronics, particularly in order to extend their life in use.

E coli sensors using silk

Researchers at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, have made electronic biosensors that identify bacteria in poultry plants.

New strategy for printed electronics

It is now generally accepted that the printed electronics is headed to be a business of the order of $300 billion yearly in about twenty years time.

Graphene - highest mobility and processable

Chemists and physicists are hard at work developing production processes for graphene - one day it may even be printable.

US government to make solar energy more cost competitive

Eleven technology led projects will focus on developing advanced solar photovoltaic (PV) technology manufacturing processes and products.

"Power shirt" would harvest energy from physical movement

Nanotechnology researchers are developing the perfect complement to the power tie: a

Carbon 60 transistors perform at higher levels than amorphous silicon

Using room-temperature processing, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have fabricated high-performance field effect transistors with thin films of Carbon 60, also known as fullerene.