A team led by two Waterloo Engineering professors has developed a battery-free sensor with promising potential applications to expand the reach of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies.
“The legacy approach to sensors relies on local gateways and batteries, limiting scalability, adding environmental burden and increasing maintenance overhead,” said Dr. George Shaker, a professor of electrical and computer engineering.
“The proposed battery-free system eliminates the need for local infrastructure by connecting directly to cell towers, creating a feasibility path toward future satellite connection which in turn unlocks a wide array of diverse applications.”
Shaker and Dr. Norman Zhou, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, teamed up on the project with student researchers, and received support from Rogers Inc., the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Mitacs.
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