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Microgen And Cornell Make Energy Harvester

by Michael McCoy
August 15, 2011 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 89, Issue 33

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Credit: MicroGen
MicroGen’s Bolt sensor is smaller than a quarter.
MicroGen Systems and Cornell University’s Cornell Nanoscale Facility have collaborated to develop battery-free sensors that can operate in anything that spins or shakes. The battery is a tiny sheet of piezoelectric material that generates electricity when flexed. Called Bolt, the energy harvesting device is intended to enable low power electronic devices, such as nodes for wireless sensor networks.
Credit: MicroGen
MicroGen’s Bolt sensor is smaller than a quarter.

MicroGen Systems and Cornell University’s Cornell Nanoscale Science & Technology Facility have collaborated to develop battery-free sensors that can operate in anything that spins or shakes. The device includes a tiny sheet of piezoelectric material that generates electricity when flexed. Called Bolt, the energy-harvesting device is intended to enable low-power electronics, such as nodes for wireless sensor networks.

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