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For the first time, researchers power an implantable electronic device using an electrical potential — a natural battery — deep in the inner ear.

Kailiang Chen, "Best Design Award" of A-SSCC 2012 Student Design Contest, "Ultrasonic Imaging Front-End Design for CMUT: A 3-Level 30Vpp Pulse-Shaping Pulser with Improved Efficiency and a Noise-Optimized Receiver," Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, Nov. 2012.

Anantha P. Chandrakasan is the 2013 recipient of the IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits. He was cited in the award for "pioneering techniques in low-power digital and analog CMOS design.

System developed at MIT could combine power harvested from light, heat and vibrations to run monitoring systems.