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UK Inventors’ move on tyre power

TWO inventors based in Coventry, UK are set to play a key role in the next generation of “intelligent tyres” after developing a new way to harvest power. Geoff Haswell and Malcolm Caley have spent five years researching and developing a new power source for tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) that uses the world’s first proven piezo power source devised from a simple ceramic disc.
Wednesday 30 September, 2009 04:23 PM

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