TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– The paper aims to provide a technical review of new and emerging power sources and their application to sensors.Design/methodology/approach– This is the second part of a two‐part paper. Following a brief introduction, recent developments and research into fuel cell, energy harvesting, microgenerator and wireless power transmission technologies are considered.Findings– All of these technologies are the topic of a major research effort and offer prospects to power future generations of sensors. Several pose strong competition to rechargeable batteties.Originality/value– The paper provides a detailed insight into new and improved sensor power sources. VL - 30 IS - 4 SN - 0260-2288 DO - 10.1108/02602281011072125 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/02602281011072125 AU - Bogue Robert PY - 2010 Y1 - 2010/01/01 TI - Powering tomorrow's sensor: a review of technologies – part 2 T2 - Sensor Review PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 271 EP - 275 Y2 - 2024/05/06 ER -