Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This experimental setup shows an ultra-low-power wireless communications device that could one day be used in tiny remote sensors.

A new ultra-low-power method of communication at first glance seems to violate the laws of physics. It is possible to wirelessly transmit information simply by opening and closing a switch that ...

The promise of 5G Internet of Things (IoT) networks requires more scalable and robust communication systems -- ones that deliver drastically higher data rates and lower power consumption per device.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi has developed remote powering and communication technology for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. “We have developed a cooperative ...

What if Google Glass didn’t have a battery? That’s not too far fetched. This battery-free HD video streaming camera could be built into a pair of eyeglass frames to stream HD video to a nearby phone ...

The following is excerpted from Chapter 3: Radio Basics for UHF RFID from the Book, The RF in RFID: Passive UHF RFID in Practice by Daniel M. Dobkin. Order a copy of The RF in RFID: Passive UHF RFID ...

How a battery-free, untethered underwater camera gets its operating power via wave-energy harvesting. How the camera captures images with minimal power use. How the camera communicates captured image ...