Creating a smart chip that charges itself with radio waves

ArabiaWeather.com - Dutch researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology have created a smart chip that derives its energy from radio waves, which it uses to transmit information.

These microchips can help support the emerging “internet of things” industry – an evolving concept of the internet where all things in our lives have internet connectivity – as smart chips that measure temperature, light and air pollution are increasingly being used in cities, smart homes and offices.

The new chip measures two square millimeters in size and weighs 1.6 milligrams, and includes an antenna sensor horn that captures power from a wireless router. One of the most important problems facing the use of slides is making them free from the charging battery.

The chip currently operates within a narrow range of just 2.5 centimeters, but the researchers hope to expand this range to one metre.

The most important characteristic of these chips is that they are very cheap, as the cost of each of them does not exceed 20 cents, and it is expected that cities around the world will include 1.6 billion things related to the Internet, 518 million smart buildings, and one billion smart homes in 2016.