Miniature Energy Harvesting

Takeaway announces a collaborative project for artists with Infinite Power Solutions a US company in the forefront of the development of energy harvesting micro modules. These are small scale integrated units that can harvest energy from light, heat and movement. They make possible independent electronic devices at the kind of scale not seen before. See the video link: http://www.infinitepowersolutions.com/product/infinergy. The company is willing to support artists' projects utilizing the technology in innovative ways. Here is the invitation from Richard Percival IPS Director Worldwide Sales.

"I believe we could support any artist who came with an interesting way to use our product and would be exhibited. We now have the MPM, 31x32x3.3 mm which stores and manages energy collected from light, heat or vibration and makes it available in sufficient amounts to do something like make light or sound for a short interval (up to 150 milliwatts of output power).

I can imagine shining a spot of light on a photo cell which takes the energy into the MPM, and having something which responds for example to the light flow being interrupted - or the presence of an observer - the light would need to be powered from the wall, but the photocell/MPM/light and noise device would be completely unconnected, floating in space. This would make the point well, and the artist has to make it mean something!"

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