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A Motion-Powered Revolution: WePower Energy Harvesting Technology

My podcast guest this week is WePower Founder/CEO Larry Richenstein! Larry and I chat about WePower’s innovative energy harvesting technology, the industries that could take advantage of this technology and the variety of products offered by WePower. Also this week, I investigate Forest 4.0 – a new intelligent forest data processing model that incorporates IoT, AI, and blockchain … Read More → "A Motion-Powered Revolution: WePower Energy Harvesting Technology"

Disrupting AC-DC and DC-DC Power Delivery from Data Centers to the Edge

Believe it or not, I have been known to waffle just a tad before getting to the point. So, suppose we flip things round. What would you say if I told you I was just introduced to AC-to-DC and DC-to-DC converters that dispense with things like bridge rectifiers, electrolytic capacitors, and inductors, and replace everything with small, cost-effective solid-state equivalents?

Now that I … Read More → "Disrupting AC-DC and DC-DC Power Delivery from Data Centers to the Edge"

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