Energy scavenging electronics has long used the thermoelectric Seebeck effect to convert temperature differences into electric voltage. A Seebeck device creates voltage when there is a different temperature on each side. One bugaboo with using thermoelectrics, however, is that most employ toxic materials. But in a development that could help enable a variety of internet-of-things […]
energy harvesting
What is the difference between energy harvesting and energy scavenging?
During the first decade of this century, advances in several disparate technologies set the stage for a substantial rise in autonomous and semi-autonomous remote intelligent-node deployments that continues to this day. This trend arose in applications as different as hydrological surveying, transportation tracking and management, and machine health. It also has kicked off a flurry […]
