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He’s cooking up thin film pizzas to create cutting-edge inventions

Ever wonder how your phone connects to Wi-Fi or GPS? Inside each smartphone, there are tiny devices that vibrate like guitar strings to create electricity, says Matteo Rinaldi, professor of electrical and computer engineering. And now the technology needed to make them, which resembles a miniature pizza oven, is at Northeastern.
- by Emily Arntsen September 10, 2020
How many disasters could this new fire detector prevent over 10 years? That’s how long its battery lasts.

Northeastern researchers in electrical and computer engineering have been awarded a patent for a smart sensor that consumes no power and can operate for years without a battery change. They plan to use it to prevent fires in places including forests and construction sites.
- by Roberto Molar Candanosa August 1, 2019
Crops communicate with one another. These researchers want to listen in.

Researchers at Northeastern have received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to design low-cost, low-power sensors that will help farmers detect pests and disease before they can spread.
- by Laura Castañón January 16, 2019
New ‘sleeping’ sensors could save costs, make warzones safer

Sensors deployed in remote or hazardous locations could improve intel and safety conditions, but maintaining them is costly. Now, Matteo Rinaldi, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has developed a new type of sensor that consumes no power whatsoever in standby mode, waking up only when it detects an important event.
- by Allie Nicodemo September 14, 2017
Strumming on the nano-banjo

When you pluck a banjo string, you trigger a vibration that resonates at a frequency unique to the geometry and material of the string. We…
- by Angela Herring August 20, 2012

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