@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 months agoResearchers discover battery-free technology which harvests power from radio and Wi-Fi signals for low-powered deviceswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down18cross-posted to: technology
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkResearchers discover battery-free technology which harvests power from radio and Wi-Fi signals for low-powered deviceswww.tomshardware.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: technology
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•2 months agoIsn’t this similar to principle behind The Great Seal Bug? I thought we knew blasting RF at a specific receiver can create energy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•2 months agoYeah, you can also find “crystal radio” kits — radio receivers that use only the received RF to produce sound (no external power source).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 months agoThe article talks a lot about their rectifier and im guessing that’s where the ‘breakthrough’ is, but still I feel this is like too many of these articles where its a lot of hype for a little progress.
Isn’t this similar to principle behind The Great Seal Bug? I thought we knew blasting RF at a specific receiver can create energy.
Yeah, you can also find “crystal radio” kits — radio receivers that use only the received RF to produce sound (no external power source).
The article talks a lot about their rectifier and im guessing that’s where the ‘breakthrough’ is, but still I feel this is like too many of these articles where its a lot of hype for a little progress.