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Joseph A. Paradiso

MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Abstract Advances in ultra-low-power electronics capable of useful applications have caused interest in energy harvesting to balloon in recent years. When needed power drops to the point where harvesting is feasible, however, an embedded battery presents serious competition for many use cases, and the particulars tend to rapidly become niche-driven, as they depend on the ambient energy environment that the system experiences. Photovoltaics have long been a popular energy harvesting option, and recent developments expand their opportunities for low-light indoor applications.

Keywords: Indoor photovoltaics, energy scavenging, low-power electronics, human-powered systems, Internet of Things