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by Bruce Brown | March 15, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
In an increasingly connected world, sometimes you have to take power where you find it. Thin film batteries may address wearable concerns of bulkiness, but what about times when you’re off the grid and still need power? That’s where Microbial Fuel Cells...
by Alfred Poor | February 17, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wearable sensors and related devices are at the heart of the Health Tech revolution, but the question of how to power these systems remains without an optimal answer. One of the attractive solutions is to harvest energy from the surrounding environment to eliminate...
by Alfred Poor | January 27, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Adenosine triphosphate: you might recognize this chemical compound from your high school or college biology class, or perhaps its acronym ATP will ring a bell. The bottom line is that you can’t live without it. This is the molecule that takes energy from where...
by Alfred Poor | October 1, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
Perpetual motion machines cannot exist, at least according to the Laws of Thermodynamics. Eventually, the energy will leak out and the machine will stop. But if you can provide a machine with an endless external source of energy — such as the sun — it...
by Alfred Poor | July 2, 2015 | Enabling Tech
If wearable Health Tech devices are to be successful, they are going to have to disappear into our lives. If they require that we plug them in (or place them on a charging station) every night or week or month, it will give people one more reason to not use them. This...
