IoT For All Podcast What is batteryless IoT? | Everactive's Ben Calhoun & David Wentzloff | Internet of Things Podcast
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Dec 6, 2022 AI Snips
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Batteryless IoT Framed As Energy Harvesting
- Everactive focuses on battery-less, always-on IoT powered by micro-renewable energy.
- The episode frames batteryless systems as sustainable, scalable alternatives to battery-based devices.
Academic Roots Led To Everactive's Founding
- Ben Calhoun recounts building a chip at MIT that ran entirely from body heat with no battery.
- That research motive and collaboration with David Wentzloff led to Everactive.
How Batteryless Devices Harvest Energy
- Ben Calhoun explains batteryless nodes use environmental transducers like photovoltaics or thermoelectrics to create electricity.
- Devices store energy in capacitors and perform sensing, processing, and communication intermittently.