May 2009 ARCHIVE

Powercast and CAP-XX Team on Battery-Free Power Supply for Wireless Sensors

(15th May, 2009)

Powercast and CAP-XX Team on Battery-Free Power Supply for Wireless Sensors  | read this item

Press Release
Powercast and CAP-XX Team on Battery-Free Power Supply for Wireless Sensors
Powercast RF energy harvester & supercapacitor reference design presented at nanoPower Forum
San Jose, Calif. - May 18, 2009 - Darnell nanoPower Forum - Today, engineers from Powercast and CAP-XX Limited (LSE:CPX) will introduce a wireless power module reference design combining Powercast’s RF energy-harvesting technology [...]

Powercast Releases Additional Wireless Power Development Kits

(7th May, 2009)

Powercast Releases Additional Wireless Power Development Kits  | read this item

Press Release
Pittsburgh, PA - May 7, 2009 - Powercast, a leader in the commercialization of RF energy harvesting and wireless power solutions, announced it has released additional versions of its Lifetime Power Evaluation and Development Kit.  The new kits, available for purchase at www.powercastco.com, represent offerings focused more specifically for recharging Alkaline and Lithium Ion [...]

[ IDTechEx ] Includes Powercast in Article about RF Energy Harvesting

(5th May, 2009)

[ IDTechEx ] Includes Powercast in Article about RF Energy Harvesting  | read this item

Researchers at Intel, Seattle, have demonstrated harvesting RF power from a TV transmission tower to power a commercially available thermometer/hygrometer with LCD display. From a balcony at the Intel Research Laboratory in Seattle the researchers harvested RF power from the KING-TV tower at a distance of 4.1km using a standard television aerial. With the antenna [...]