Change batteries or recharge by cable is one of the big limitations of the large-scale market of the internet of things
A project developed by the Mexican Manuel Piñuela, called "Freevolt", aims with an innovative technology "to recycle the energy that remains floating in the air and use it in small devices", informed the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt).
"The technology is recycled radio frequency and what it does, broadly speaking, is to detect these waves that are in the air to transform it into direct current," says the scientist.
For the Mexican entrepreneur - who has already registered 18 patents with his company, Drayson Technologies - this represents a breakthrough to feed different types of sensors and smart cards.
"This solution will change the way that low energy consumption devices are currently designed and charged, everything we do with our cell phone generates a small charge of energy that remains floating in the air, which is a great waste nobody uses, "says Piñuela.
He added that changing batteries or recharging by cable is one of the great limitations of the large-scale market of the internet of things, so this technology reduces economic and environmental costs.
Derived from the "Freevolt" technology, the entrepreneur developed a solution to measure air quality using a sensor that is integrated into any smartphone.
This project was completed during the stay of the scientist in the United Kingdom, where he did his doctorate at the Imperial College London scholarship by the Conacyt.
Thanks to the development of this technology, he was awarded as one of the 35 most influential under 35s in Latin America by the MIT Technology Review magazine in Spanish.