- Convert Energy present in the environment into electricity for use.
- This includes heat, light, vibration, human movement, etc.
- It is often not a permanent source of electricity.
- It is necessary to balance energy storage and energy consumption.
- For example, research is being conducted to convert waves such as microwaves leaking from microwave ovens and waves from televisions into electricity.
- Although the amount is small, it can be used in IoT use cases.
- This is also related to Wireless Power Transfer technology.
(Expert in Information Science)