The Internet of Things is quickly evolving to connect billions of devices over the internet. However, each of these devices requires a battery, regardless of its size and cost. This new paper Bluetooth chip is recently launched and will operate entirely without a battery. This Bluetooth chip will be able to operate entirely without a battery could be about to solve this problem.
With a postage stamp-sized chip, it is able to yield energy from the ambient radio frequencies around us. This includes, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular signals. And it uses them to power a Bluetooth-equipped ARM processor that can be connected to a array of sensors.
Paper Bluetooth Chip
According to the company, Wiliot says that the size of the Bluetooth chip, combined with the lack of any battery. So, it can be produced cheaply and mounted on almost anything. The company gives several potential use cases for the technology. For example, it could be embedded in consumer products to provide easy access to a digital manual when the original paper version is long lost. On the other hand,it can be used clothing label and used to communicate the optimal settings to a washing machine.
Steve Statler, vice president of marketing and business development at Wiliot, described the device’s countless potential applications. “Products will be able to have the lost and found capabilities built-in. So that, many more items will be tracked if they are lost or stolen without the size or limitations in battery life that have limited this in the past.
Since the chip can be connected to sensors, it can be used in connecting to temperature sensor, for example, and report when items get too hot or too cold. Connecting it to a pressure sensor would enable it to detect when a food container is empty and automatically order a replacement for it.
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