This paper reviews the state of the art in piezoelectric energy harvesting. It presents the
basics of piezoelectricity and discusses materials choice. The work places emphasis on …

In recent years, industrial wireless sensor networks (IWSNs) have emerged as an important
research theme with applications spanning a wide range of industries including automation …

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and power line communications (PLCs) are used in this
work to implement a smart home control network. The goals are to reduce the impact of …

This paper presents the design, implementation, and characterization of a hardware platform
applicable to a self-powered wireless sensor network (WSN) node. Its primary design …

In the past few years, many interesting approaches have been studied and designed to
advance the practical implementation of wireless information and power transfer (WIPT) and …

Water scarcity and water stress issues pose a serious threat to the global population. The
traditional way of manual meter reading is furthermore inconvenient and time consuming …

Volatile chemical concentration and gas leakage recognition can be crucial in
environmental monitoring for risk assessment. The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) …

Wearable technology is gaining popularity, with people wearing everything “smart” from
clothing to glasses and watches. Present-day wearables are typically battery-powered, and …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) can manage a large number of smart wireless devices
and form a networking infrastructure connected to the Internet. Traditional batteries in IoT …

In the smart grid, several wireless sensors for status monitoring have energy supply
problems that hinders the development of smart grids, so self-powered wireless sensors that …