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Get this, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a top-of-the-line sensor that operates itself.

It doesn’t need to be plugged into a power outlet or have batteries installed to function.

battery-free technology for Xbox controller and Windows laptops

Now others will hopefully use our framework to get the ball rolling to design their own sensors.

How does this new “battery-free” technology work?

But who knows where the tech could go?

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Now others will hopefully use our framework to get the ball rolling to design their own sensors."

The team wanted to maintain a maintenance-free arrangement because capacitors store energy in the electrical field between conductive plates.

The breakthrough shows great potential.

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It’ll be interesting to see the advances made to expand its capabilities.

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