UW Battery-Free Cellphone Call (IMAGE)

University of Washington

UW Battery-Free Cellphone Call

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The battery-free phone developed at the UW can sense speech, actuate the earphones, and switch between uplink and downlink communications, all in real time. It is powered by either ambient radio signals or light.

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Mark Stone/University of Washington

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