As the more accessible methods for micro energy (microwatt-hour
to watt-hour) harvesting and storage become commercialized, the
research community will focus on extremes in efficiency and cost
breakthroughs and exploration of entirely new methods and
applications. Make no mistake; there is plenty of exciting new
ground to be covered! We will in this session profile the space
of current and anticipated micro energy harvesting needs and
approaches suitable for sensing, computing, and communications.
The Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center will conduct this
afternoon- through- evening conference and reception at the
Leeds Certified Green David Brower Center on the edge of the
beautiful UC Berkeley campus on Wednesday March 9th.
Applications Drivers: Energy Consumption in Communicating Sensor
Networks Will radical reductions in power requirements of
wireless radios and integrated sensors and processors make
energy “harvesting” ubiquitous, or unnecessary? Application
requirements, hardware trends, and protocol effic