Electric-free, Self-Powered Smart Sensors
Self-Sustaining Smart Sensor Source: NEU's Smart Sensor Detecting Air Pollution thru Infrared Wavelengths Zero Power Sensors Imaging a sensor that can lie on standby for years until triggered by infrared wavelengths, which it is built to detect. It could be used for detecting burglars, security threats, mobility, fire, fuel burning cars and much more. Thanks to researchers at Northeastern University (NEU) in Boston, the next generation smart sensor uses the infrared wavelengths it is programmed to detect to power itself. It's self-sustaining technological innovation that's green and environmentally clean. NEU researchers have developed it for the US Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA. They call it "Zero-Power Sensors". Detecting What's Not Visible The infrared light waves the sensor detects aren't visible to the human eye. And, they are abundant from, for example people, fires, emissions and cars. They're e...