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| Reference Number | EP/W025280/1 | |
| Title | GENERATION: Self Powered IoT for People and Planet | |
| Status | Started | |
| Energy Categories | Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research (Demographics) 5%; Renewable Energy Sources (Solar Energy, Photovoltaics) 10%; Not Energy Related 65%; Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research (Environmental, social and economic impacts) 20%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 50%; Applied Research and Development 50%; |
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| Science and Technology Fields | SOCIAL SCIENCES (Sociology) 10%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Psychology) 10%; PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Computer Science and Informatics) 40%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 30%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment) 10%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 60%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour) 10%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance) 10%; Other (Energy technology information dissemination) 20%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Dr M Freitag Sch of Natural Sciences & Env Sciences Newcastle University |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 October 2022 | |
| End Date | 30 September 2025 | |
| Duration | 36 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £270,042 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Info. & commun. Technol. | |
| Region | North East | |
| Programme | Digital Economy : Digital Economy | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr M Freitag , Sch of Natural Sciences & Env Sciences, Newcastle University |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | Interconnected technologies, sometimes referred to as the internet-of-things (IoT) are now ubiquitous in society. The energy consumption of such devices is predicted to be over 1100 TWh yr-1 by 2025 and it has been recognised that smart solutions, such as energy harvesting, need to be developed, to make the operation of such devices more sustainable. Light, having the highest power density of any ambient energy source, can be exploited using photovoltaics, designed with specialist materials to extract as much energy as possible from ambient light sources. The rate of adoption of IoT technologies has been extraordinarily rapid. This favours affluent early adopters of such technologies but could leave certain marginalised and excluded groups (e.g. older persons and those in poverty) behind. GENERATION will assemble a multidisciplinary team of Materials Chemists, Electronic Engineers, Human Computer Interaction experts and Social Scientists, to design, build, and evaluate; sustainable, self-powered interactive technologies, specifically with older persons in mind, so that they are not excluded from the digital future, and not lost in the digital divide. The work will challenge the multidisciplinary team in new ways. Materials Scientists and Engineers rarely have the opportunity to consider first-hand, the social consequences of the technologies they develop, or how those technologies could benefit a marginalised population. Social Scientists and Human Computer Interaction experts will have the opportunity to design and evaluate, the most cutting edge of self-powered IoT technologies. The technologies will be developed via a series of community co-design workshops run with a diverse cohort of older people. | |
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| Added to Database | 17/09/25 | |
