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by Kimberly Houston | October 5, 2017 | Fitness, General News, Health
Smartwatches promise to make our lives easier and more efficient, but there’s a drawback. While traditional watches can run for months or even years, the battery life on most smartwatches is typically one to three days. A watch that harvests energy from outside...
by Alfred Poor | October 4, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
If you have to stop and recharge your wearable all the time, you’re more likely to stop using it. Back when wristwatches first became popular (after World War I), the invention of a self-winding watch became a big hit as they used the wearer’s movements to...
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by Bruce Brown | November 23, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
The ever-spreading Internet of Things demands energy sources that are powerful, light, mobile, and inexpensive to purchase and operate. Recharging batteries via cables and wireless connections gets old quickly. Just think about the last time you were in an airport or...
by Alfred Poor | April 16, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One of the challenges for wearable Health Tech devices is coming up with a long-lasting, reliable energy source. Various energy harvesting approaches offer some appealing solutions because they eliminate the need to recharge from some electrical source. They can pull...
by Alfred Poor | March 16, 2015 | Enabling Tech
The Holst Centre is an independent research and development center in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. It is a hotbed of technology development, with special emphasis on wireless sensors and flexible electronics. At the South By Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin,...
