The world is aging, and with it comes an increase in age-related diseases, such as cardiovascular impairments, sense organs weakness and failure, and respiratory ailments. As medicine extends the life of those afflicted by these conditions, it also necessitates greater assistance in the form of medical devices – which come with additional challenges for elderly […]

Gone are the days when we can expect to sit in one location for eight hours’ stretch at a time, with easy and continued access to a variety of charging technologies which provide constant power for our most-used technologies. As companies increasingly favour collaboration over independent working, the average person during the day may find […]

If the energy production of all human being is combined, how does this compare to the global energy demand? How much electricity could be generated if every living human would wear a thermal energy harvesting bracelet? Can this power all our electrical appliances? In the movie The Matrix, intelligent machines are exploiting humans as a […]

Ambient energy is changing constantly in magnitude and availability. Hybrid energy harvesting systems can prevent power shortages by tapping into several energy sources in parallel. Energy availability Energy in form of light, heat and movement is abundant in our environment and the last two can even be produced by our own body. However, ambient sources […]