JOULIET - Energy for the Internet of everything

Project Description

It has been estimated that by 2025, we will be living in a “One Trillion Sensor Economy” which will see smart sensors assist in monitoring our health, safety, security, communications, transport, manufacturing, energy, agriculture and the environment. A key challenge to deliver this vision is miniaturisation and energy supply of intelligent, wireless sensors. Despite significant advances in portable or wireless electronic devices, most require energy at a level that can only be supplied by short-life batteries. To recharge these devices and increase device lifetime, we need to harvest energy such as light from solar cells, vibrations, movement or temperature variation via thermoelectrics. The Tyndall facility in Energy for the Internet of EveryThing will be unique in Ireland and offer an holistic approach to R&D of materials, devices, circuits and associated system integration to deliver integrateable platforms for energy harvesting, storage, magnetic components and micropower management.