TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– This paper aims to provide details of recent energy harvesting developments. Design/methodology/approach– Following an introduction, this paper first considers mechanical and biomechanical energy harvesting developments. It then discusses hybrid harvesting technologies and self-powered sensors and concludes with a brief discussion. Findings– Energy harvesting is the topic of a major research effort and growing commercial activities. Several advanced technologies are being used to develop sophisticated devices to harvest individual or combined energy sources. These developments are expected to play a central role in many emerging sensor markets. Originality/value– This paper provides technical details of a selection of recently reported energy harvesting developments. VL - 35 IS - 1 SN - 0260-2288 DO - 10.1108/SR-05-2014-652 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/SR-05-2014-652 AU - Bogue Robert PY - 2015 Y1 - 2015/01/01 TI - Energy harvesting: a review of recent developments T2 - Sensor Review PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 1 EP - 5 Y2 - 2024/04/18 ER -