Energy neutral design
Energy-neutral design means creating things—websites, buildings, art, music, electronics—that use very little energy and are kind to the environment. It also includes devices that gather energy from their surroundings, such as light, heat, radio waves, or movement, to run without batteries. A common example is a batteryless radio. In wireless sensor networks and the Internet of Things, researchers pursue energy-neutral design by using tiny technologies and tricks like data compression and sending data only when needed to cut power use.
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