Tekcapital plc Acquisition of energy harvesting technologies (4352R)
29 6월 2015 - 3:00PM
UK Regulatory
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Tekcapital plc
29 June 2015
Tekcapital plc
("Tekcapital")
Acquisition of energy harvesting technologies
Pacemaker technology to power smart watches and phones by human
motion
Tekcapital plc (AIM: TEK), an international provider of
technology and intellectual property services, announces that it
has acquired the licencing rights to two technologies that are
intended to enable the commercialisation of energy harvesting from
human movement to power mobile technologies.
Power Generation Device
Tekcapital has acquired the exclusive worldwide rights to a
piezoelectric* electro-mechanical device, from the University of
Michigan with patents pending (US 2014/012690). This device may be
incorporated into footwear, apparel, sporting goods and
recreational equipment to harvest the energy generated through
vibrations. The device itself is particular in that it combines
principles of micro electro-mechanical systems originally designed
to capture the energy generated by the vibrations of a beating
heart, in order to charge the battery of a pacemaker implant.
This patent pending technology goes towards the development of
new, super-small, power generation devices that may be incorporated
into footwear, apparel, sporting goods and recreational
equipment.
Brian R. Copple, Assistant Director, Office of Technology
Transfer, University of Michigan, added: "We are pleased to have
exclusively licensed this intellectual property to Tekcapital and
we are very excited about the potential for this technology to
provide wearable power generation and battery recharging for a wide
variety of consumer products."
Battery Charger Circuit
Additionally, Tekcapital announces that it has acquired the
exclusive worldwide licence to a patented (US 8,368,290)
rectifier-free, energy harvester/battery-charger circuit from the
Georgia Tech Research Corporation. This technology conditions the
AC (alternating current) from a piezoelectric transducer, such as
that licensed from the University of Michigan, for the efficient
conversion into DC (direct current). The AC to DC conversion losses
using this circuit have been demonstrated to be a fraction of the
conversion losses experienced when using other more established
rectifier based technologies. The DC from this efficient
battery-charger circuit therefore has the potential to be used to
charge the batteries incorporated in wearable devices, such as
smart watches, wearable health monitors and portable devices, such
as smart phones and tablet computers.
The design of the circuit consists of a piezoelectric-based
harvester system, which extracts small amounts of energy from the
environment and stores it in a power cache. The Board believes that
the key innovation lies in the ability to reliably convert small
amounts of energy from a variety of transducers for future use,
while minimizing the energy loss necessary to perform the process.
This patented and scalable design allows for bypassing
input-voltage requirements while providing energy savings and has
been shown to induce up to four times more energy than normal
rectifier-based harvester circuits.
Lauren MacLanahan, Senior Director, Office of Industry
Engagement, Georgia Tech Research Corporation, added: "We are glad
to have exclusively licensed this patented technology to Tekcapital
and we will be excited to see it commercialized for numerous energy
harvesting applications."
Industry potential
According to a recent research industry analyst report(1) the
total addressable market for wearable computing devices is forecast
to reach nearly $35 Billion by 2020, with a CAGR of approximately
20%. Wearable computers are small, head worn, hand worn or body
worn wireless sensors and microchips that collect data, track
activities, enable communications along with providing real and
virtual world experiences. The key segments for wearable products
are fitness and wellness, medical and healthcare, enterprise and
industrial, together with infotainment. Continuous and reliable
operation of these wearable sensors may be facilitated with energy
harvesting and storage technologies. In addition, smart phones and
other mobile consumer products need regular battery charge
boosting, as power consuming applications continue to grow at a
rapid pace.
Commenting on the licensing acquisitions, Dr. Clifford M. Gross,
Executive Chairman of Tekcapital, said: "We are excited to have
acquired the exclusive licenses to these complementary technologies
for generating power from human motion, in line with our corporate
strategy of acquiring the licensing rights to compelling, early
stage technologies and partnering with global OEM companies for
commercialisation."
"The directors believe that together these technologies could
help form an ecosystem for the generation of continuously available
power for portable and wearable electronics, with the potential for
market adoption across multiple sectors via out-licensing. As such,
we are seeking to position ourselves to be at the forefront of the
technology revolution which seeks to enable people to charge their
mobile devices from simply moving."
*Piezoelectricity is the electric charge that accumulates in
certain solid materials (such as crystals and certain ceramics) in
response to applied mechanical stress. The word piezoelectricity
means electricity resulting from pressure. The initial
demonstration of the piezoelectric effect was in 1880 by the
brothers Pierre Curie and Jacques Curie.
For further information please contact:
+1 (305) 200 3450 Ext
Tekcapital Plc 305
Clifford M. Gross
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser
& Joint Broker) +44 (0) 20 3394 2972
Jeremy Porter / Alex Brearley
Optiva Securities Limited (Joint Broker) +44 (0) 20 3137 1904
Jeremy King / Vishal Balasingham
Walbrook PR Ltd +44 (0) 20 7933 8780
Paul Cornelius/Paul McManus tekcapital@walbrookpr.com
Tekcapital plc - The World's Largest University Network for Open
Innovation
Tekcapital helps clients profit from new, university-developed
intellectual properties. With our proprietary discovery search
engine, linked to 4,000+ universities in 160 countries, coupled
with expert scientific review, we provide a turn-key service to
make it easy for clients to find and acquire the IP they need to
create a competitive advantage. Tekcapital plc is listed on the AIM
market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM: symbol TEK) and is
headquartered in Oxford, in the UK. For more information, please
visit www.tekcapital.com
Cited References
1. http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/wearable-computing-market-125877882.html
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