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On December 13, 2018 in All, Energy Harvesting, IoT, Power, Sensors by Liam Critchley

Different nanogenerators can generate enough electricity to power a small device through kinetic movements within the device, or by harvesting thermal energy. Even though the amount of electricity generated is small, it is enough for many small remote monitoring devices.

Tagged With: Energy, Energy Harvesting, Environmental Monitoring, Health Monitoring, IoT, Nanogenerators, Nanomaterials, Nanowires, Piezoelectric Effect, Piezoelectric Materials, Pyroelectric, Remote Monitoring, Thin Films, Triboelectric

Nanotechnology Helped Realize Flexible and Wearable Electronics

On December 10, 2018 in All, Energy Harvesting, Industrial, IoT, Medical, Sensors by Liam Critchley

Flexible and wearable electronics are rapidly growing industries. The devices’ development and growth can be attributed to the benefits and specific properties of the nanomaterials commonly used within these devices. Here, we look at why nanomaterials are used in these devices.

Tagged With: 2D materials, Carbon Nanotubes, Flexible electronics, Graphene, Health monitoring, Hexagonal Boron Nitride, Laptops, Medical, Nanotechnology, OLED, Phones, Polymers, Quantum Dots, Sensors, Solar cells, TMDCs, Touch screens, Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Wearable electronics

The Chemistry of Energy Storage Systems

On December 7, 2018 in All, Automotive, Energy Harvesting, Industrial, Power by Liam Critchley

Energy storage devices are serving an increasingly wide range of applications. Their recent performance improvements are driving this growth in popularity. The basic function and any performance enhancements are due to chemistry, especially electrochemistry. In this blog, we will detail why.

Tagged With: Batteries, Capacitors, Charges, Chemistry, Electricity, Electrolyte, Energy, Energy storage, Hydride, Hydrogen, Ions, Li-air, Li-ion, Li-metal, Lithium, Metal Organic Framework, Metal Salts, MOF, Redox Flow

Configuration Management: Creating Baseline Configurations for Your Devices Reduces Security Gaps

On December 5, 2018 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge

Lower the operational costs and improve the security of your systems and devices through configuration baselines that define exactly how these devices and technologies that you rely on every day should be correctly set up.

Tagged With: Cloud security, Configuration baselines, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Prescriptive guidance, Risk, SCADA, Security development lifecycle, Security policy, Security standards, Vulnerabilities

Security Fundamentals Begin with Patching: The Importance of Vulnerability Management in Preventing Attacks

On December 3, 2018 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge

Drive down risk to your devices, systems, and networks by ensuring you have in place a robust vulnerability management process that combines policy and practice to reliably keep your systems running up-to-date software and all recommended security updates.

Tagged With: Cloud security, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Malware, Risk, SCADA, Security development lifecycle, Threat modeling, Virus, Vulnerabilities

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