Zero-Power Sensors for Smart Objects: Novel Zero-Power Additively Manufactured Wireless Sensor Modules for IoT Applications

Abstract

Wireless sensors are pervasive today for applications spanning environmental sensing, safety, health, structural integrity, smart homes, and smart cities. Implementations of wireless sensor networks and Internet of Things (IoT) systems have typically relied on power supplied by batteries, which have a limited lifetime and pose the increased burden on users of replacing or manually recharging them to keep devices up and running.