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Future and Emerging Technologies

Future and Emerging Technologies . Objective ICT-2009.8.6: Towards Zero Power ICT (2zeroP). Towards Zero Power ICT Rationale & Objective. Efficiently powering or self-powering of all the electronic devices surrounding us in our daily life is a major challenge for transformative research.

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Future and Emerging Technologies

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  1. Future and Emerging Technologies Objective ICT-2009.8.6: Towards Zero Power ICT (2zeroP)

  2. Towards Zero Power ICTRationale & Objective • Efficiently powering or self-powering of all the electronic devices surrounding us in our daily life is a major challenge for transformative research. therefore • New disruptive directions are needed • for energy-harvesting technologies at the nanometer and molecular scale, • and their integration with low-power ICT into autonomous nano-scale devices for sensing, processing, actuating and communication.

  3. Towards Zero Power ICTTarget Outcome • Foundations of Energy Harvesting at the nanoscale: • Demonstration of radically new strategies for energy harvesting and local storage below the micrometer scale. • Exploration and harnessing of potential energy sources at that scale including kinetic energy present in the form of random fluctuations, ambient electromagnetic radiation, chemical energy and others. • Research may also address bio-mimicked energy collection and storage systems. • Self-powered autonomous nano-scale electronic devices: • Autonomous nano scale electronic devices that harvest energy from the environment, possibly combining multiple sources, and store it locally. • These systems would co-ordinate low-power sensing, processing, actuation, communication and energy provision into autonomous wireless nanosystems.

  4. Towards Zero Power ICTExpected Impact • Possibility of building autonomous nano-scale devices (from sensors to actuators), extending the miniaturisation of autonomous devices beyond the level of the ‘smart dust’ • New applications in a vast number of ICT fields such as intelligent distributed sensing, for health, safety-critical systems or environmental monitoring

  5. Towards Zero Power ICTWorkprogamme text in brief • At “nano-scale” • harvest and store energy • to build up self powered devices • to serve ICT purposes like sensing, processing, actuating, communicating • Look for radically new approaches…

  6. Towards Zero Power ICTCall on multi-disciplinary research(non-exhaustive list of disciplines) Theory Chemistry Molecular Engineering Biology Photosynthesis Nanoscale Energy Conversion chemical to electrical Chemistry Energy Storage Biology Catabolism Nanoscale Energy Conversion electromagnetic to electrical Electronics Ultra-Low-Power Electronics Electronics Energy Storage Nanoscale Energy Conversion mechanical to electrical NEMS Nano- Robotics

  7. Towards Zero Power ICTWorkshop, 23 June 2009 • Open Workshop in Brussels, 23 June 2009 • organised by “Nano-ICT” Coordination Action with support by FET • Community driven event to elaborate on specific research challenges addressed in this FET initiative • Information about this workshop will be available soon onhttp://www.phantomsnet.net/Foundation/index.php?project=1&intra=1 andhttp://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/fet-proactive/2zerop_en.html

  8. Towards Zero Power ICTWhat else? • This objective is new, nothing similar has been called before within Future & Emerging Technologies. • The relevant scientific communities have yet to emerge. • Objective 3.9 aims at developing energy efficient smart systems, whereas “Towards Zero-Power ICT” is looking for disruptive approaches at the nano-scale. • What this “Towards-Zero-Power ICT” is not addressing:e.g. nano-scale features enhancing large scale energy harvesters (e.g. quantum dots improving solar cells)

  9. Towards Zero Power ICTAdditional Information Objective ICT-2009.8.6 within Call 5 Opening: July 31st, 2009 Deadline: November 3rd, 2009 Funding scheme: STREP only Budget: 7 million Euro Contact persons: Ralph.Stuebner@ec.europa.eu David.Guedj@ec.europa.eu Website: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/fet-proactive/2zerop_en.html

  10. Future and Emerging Technologies Thank you very much for your attention!

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