schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoResearchers discover battery-free technology which harvests power from radio and Wi-Fi signals for low-powered deviceswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkResearchers discover battery-free technology which harvests power from radio and Wi-Fi signals for low-powered deviceswww.tomshardware.comschizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 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-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 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-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 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.