{"id":114352,"date":"2020-10-13T16:23:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T23:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/easy-to-make-ultra-low-power-electronics-could-charge-out-of-thin-air"},"modified":"2020-10-13T16:23:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T23:23:28","slug":"easy-to-make-ultra-low-power-electronics-could-charge-out-of-thin-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/easy-to-make-ultra-low-power-electronics-could-charge-out-of-thin-air","title":{"rendered":"Easy-to-make, ultra-low power electronics could charge out of thin air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/easy-to-make-ultra-low-power-electronics-could-charge-out-of-thin-air.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers have developed a new approach to printed electronics which allows ultra-low power electronic devices that could recharge from ambient light or radiofrequency noise. The approach paves the way for low-cost printed electronics that could be seamlessly embedded in everyday objects and environments.<\/p>\n<p>Electronics that consume tiny amounts of power are key for the development of the Internet of Things, in which everyday objects are connected to the internet. Many <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/emerging+technologies\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">emerging technologies<\/a>, from wearables to healthcare devices to smart homes and smart cities, need cost-effective transistors and <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/electronic+circuits\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">electronic circuits<\/a> that can function with minimal energy use.<\/p>\n<p>Printed electronics are a simple and inexpensive way to manufacture electronics that could pave the way for low-cost <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/electronic+devices\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">electronic devices<\/a> on unconventional substrates\u2014such as clothes, plastic wrap or paper\u2014and provide everyday objects with \u2018intelligence\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have developed a new approach to printed electronics which allows ultra-low power electronic devices that could recharge from ambient light or radiofrequency noise. The approach paves the way for low-cost printed electronics that could be seamlessly embedded in everyday objects and environments. Electronics that consume tiny amounts of power are key for the development [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,418,1977],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-internet","category-wearables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}