Researchers at the University of Arkansas and the University of Michigan have reported the first use of ultra-low power ...

The solar cells combine multilayer graphene with silicon wafers, harvesting both solar and kinetic energy for continuous ...

An array of graphene-silicon solar cells provides enough power to continuously supply small devices unconnected from the ...

[Manish] packed lots of functionality into this radiation sensor module. The device is completely solar powered and weatherproof, so it can be mounted anywhere. It uses a Geiger Muller tube to monitor ...

SwRI staff prepare the Solar Wind Plasma Sensor (SWiPS) for integration into a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite dedicated to tracking space weather. SWiPS will measure ...

This article presents the possibility of designing a simple self-powered solar tracking sensor circuit. The complete circuitry is self-powered, since it uses only the power obtained from the ...

Temperature tracking has long been one of my favorite aspects of HomeKit. Understanding how the temperature can vary in different parts of my house helped me decide where to use stand-alone fans and ...

Infineon Technologies is providing its gallium nitride (GaN) technology for the next-generation of solar microinverters.

Industry leading LoRaWAN sensor provider ELSYS is launching their first battery-free products using Epishine’s indoor light energy harvesting solution. The environmentally friendly sensor line is ...

It’s easy enough to find a solar-powered charger for iPods, cell phones, and other gadgets, but this ultra-tiny solar-powered sensor system is smaller than anything else on the market — 1,000 times ...