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Tech of the Week: Energy harvesters

Who: Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

What: MIT's quarter-sized energy harvester harnesses energy for wireless sensors from low frequency vibrations such as those found in pipelines, bridges and other environmental low-power energy sources. It can be used to monitor many different kinds of devices like traffic signals and factory machines.

Future: The energy harvester could potentially eliminate the use of battery power. It can generate 100 times more power than similar devices.

-compiled by Shatila Zaman

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