Energy-autonomous sensors for aircraft

Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 09:35 in Physics & Chemistry

Aircraft maintenance will be easier in future, with sensors monitoring the aircraft skin. If they discover any dents or cracks they will send a radio message to a monitoring unit. The energy needed for this will be obtained from temperature difference.

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