University of California, Irvine

Tyre pressure monitoring systems and energy harvesting

Although the first tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) appeared in the mid-80's as a feature of top-range luxury vehicles, it is only in recent years that they have seen widespread adoption worldwide.

Berkeley Lab, USA create the smallest radio ever made

The first fully functional radio from a single carbon nanotube has been created by a team of researchers with the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) making it the smallest radio ever made.