During your last hike, you may have taken a picture of a beautiful and wild creature: a snake! Were you tempted to move your fingers over its scales to feel its smooth shape? Before long, you may be ...

(Nanowerk News) Berkeley Lab scientists Byung Yang Lee, Seung-Wuk Lee and Ramamoorthy Ramesh have developed a virus battery of sorts -- one powered by motion ("Virus-based piezoelectric energy ...

Innovative Research and Products (iRAP) published market studies in piezoelectric operated actuators and motors markets; ultracapacitors; and automotive platform with a special focus on lighting, ...

Designed for portable products having backlit LCDs, the DS-0772 piezoelectric inverter operates directly at pin three from battery voltages ranging from 3 to 5.5V and does not require a regulated 5V ...

Everlasting batteries and self-powered portable electronics have come one step closer to reality, according to the results of new research by Australian scientists from the Royal Melbourne Institute ...

Piezo comes from the Greek word “piezein,” which means “squeeze” or “apply some pressure.” Whether they take form as a transducer or sensor, piezo components all operate as the result of some degree ...