Sponsor: Northern Arizona University
PI: Edward J. Smaglik
Project Start|End Date: 2014 | 2015
In this project, researchers investigated the feasibility of using power harvesting technology in a vehicle counting sensor with the overall goal of developing a sustainable traffic sensor. The team performed laboratory tests to maximize the output of a power harvesting technology such that it would be able to power a device in situ. A prototype was built and installed in a local street with the end result somewhat successful; the device didn’t count due to a software malfunction, but it did generate power.