Energy scavenging grows up

The advent of new technologies is enabling cheaper more reliable energy scavenging – the ability to generate small amounts of energy from ambient energy sources, in a variety of ways. The spread of in-built intelligence, fed by millions, if not billions, of remote sensors is, among other things, driving demand. Energy scavenging has reached a potential tipping point from niche, ‘interesting’ technology, into a mainstream, multi-billion dollar market.

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Author: Sheila Moorcroft, Director of Research

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ILM Foresight Fellow Applications – Global Health Portal

The Institute for Leadership in Medicine ( ILM ) and Shaping Tomorrow are working to create a foresight healthcare portal. More than 100 ILM foresight fellows will be using Shaping Tomorrow's system to create the site which aims to facilitate comprehensive access to foresight information for medical leaders, practitioners and scientists, and stimulate collaboration on healthcare future issues. The ILM's lead on this is Dr. Virginia Richardson , a Foresight Network member.

In response to the many inquiries of interest, the ILM board decided to launch the 2010 ILM Foresight Fellow application process a bit earlier than planned on February 1, rather than March 15, 2010. The application and details describing the ILM Foresight Fellow program is now available on The ILM website.

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