Tekcapital Share Discussion Threads

[pj 1] 29/6/2015 10:24

Yes certainly extremely interesting yet we need to remind ourselves there are 100s if not 1000 companies chasing this goal.

The massive market for this would be for mechanical transportation. The average car has over 3 kms of cabling, imagine the cost savings there if vibration can be harnessed and cost effectively brought to Market!!

Arguably Toyato and BMW seem to be leading the chase.

[treeshake] 29/6/2015 10:16

This is all great news. One of my other stocks CPX makes super capacitors that make use of these harvesting devices all for the Internet of Things (IOT)

[kinbasket] 29/6/2015 09:03

This looks to be quite a clever deal. They've bought two complimentary patents from two different places and can now market them together. I guess this demonstrates the practical application of the search process. Wearable tech is a competitive and crowded space and I'm far too old skool to know if this is the shiz or not but TEK is starting to build a nice looking folio.

[battlebus2] 29/6/2015 07:31

Interesting Power Generation Device rights acquisitions....

Tekcapital has acquired the exclusive worldwide rights to a piezoelectric* electro-mechanical device, from the University of Michigan with patents pending (US 2014/012690). This device may be incorporated into footwear, apparel, sporting goods and recreational equipment to harvest the energy generated through vibrations. The device itself is particular in that it combines principles of micro electro-mechanical systems originally designed to capture the energy generated by the vibrations of a beating heart, in order to charge the battery of a pacemaker implant.

This patent pending technology goes towards the development of new, super-small, power generation devices that may be incorporated into footwear, apparel, sporting goods and recreational equipment.

Brian R. Copple, Assistant Director, Office of Technology Transfer, University of Michigan, added: "We are pleased to have exclusively licensed this intellectual property to Tekcapital and we are very excited about the potential for this technology to provide wearable power generation and battery recharging for a wide variety of consumer products."

Battery Charger Circuit

Additionally, Tekcapital announces that it has acquired the exclusive worldwide licence to a patented (US 8,368,290) rectifier-free, energy harvester/battery-charger circuit from the Georgia Tech Research Corporation. This technology conditions the AC (alternating current) from a piezoelectric transducer, such as that licensed from the University of Michigan, for the efficient conversion into DC (direct current). The AC to DC conversion losses using this circuit have been demonstrated to be a fraction of the conversion losses experienced when using other more established rectifier based technologies. The DC from this efficient battery-charger circuit therefore has the potential to be used to charge the batteries incorporated in wearable devices, such as smart watches, wearable health monitors and portable devices, such as smart phones and tablet computers.

The design of the circuit consists of a piezoelectric-based harvester system, which extracts small amounts of energy from the environment and stores it in a power cache. The Board believes that the key innovation lies in the ability to reliably convert small amounts of energy from a variety of transducers for future use, while minimizing the energy loss necessary to perform the process. This patented and scalable design allows for bypassing input-voltage requirements while providing energy savings and has been shown to induce up to four times more energy than normal rectifier-based harvester circuits.

Lauren MacLanahan, Senior Director, Office of Industry Engagement, Georgia Tech Research Corporation, added: "We are glad to have exclusively licensed this patented technology to Tekcapital and we will be excited to see it commercialized for numerous energy harvesting applications."

Industry potential

According to a recent research industry analyst report(1) the total addressable market for wearable computing devices is forecast to reach nearly $35 Billion by 2020, with a CAGR of approximately 20%. Wearable computers are small, head worn, hand worn or body worn wireless sensors and microchips that collect data, track activities, enable communications along with providing real and virtual world experiences. The key segments for wearable products are fitness and wellness, medical and healthcare, enterprise and industrial, together with infotainment. Continuous and reliable operation of these wearable sensors may be facilitated with energy harvesting and storage technologies. In addition, smart phones and other mobile consumer products need regular battery charge boosting, as power consuming applications continue to grow at a rapid pace.

Commenting on the licensing acquisitions, Dr. Clifford M. Gross, Executive Chairman of Tekcapital, said: "We are excited to have acquired the exclusive licenses to these complementary technologies for generating power from human motion, in line with our corporate strategy of acquiring the licensing rights to compelling, early stage technologies and partnering with global OEM companies for commercialisation."

"The directors believe that together these technologies could help form an ecosystem for the generation of continuously available power for portable and wearable electronics, with the potential for market adoption across multiple sectors via out-licensing. As such, we are seeking to position ourselves to be at the forefront of the technology revolution which seeks to enable people to charge their mobile devices from simply moving."

*Piezoelectricity is the electric charge that accumulates in certain solid materials (such as crystals and certain ceramics) in response to applied mechanical stress. The word piezoelectricity means electricity resulting from pressure. The initial demonstration of the piezoelectric effect was in 1880 by the brothers Pierre Curie and Jacques Curie.

[sja123] 22/6/2015 16:57

Comerzbank thru 7% now.... Been accumulating....

[speedsgh] 19/6/2015 12:08

Nice to see one or two 'chunkier' buys in there too :o)

[sja123] 19/6/2015 11:25

All buys so far today....one of them my top up :-)

Has the feeling of moving to next level soon IMO

[sja123] 19/6/2015 10:44

Some larger buys going through today....ready for the next move up perhaps?

[battlebus2] 09/6/2015 13:28

Approaching 40p....

[speedsgh] 08/6/2015 16:24

PJ1 - Let's hope so. Ok, the challenge is to find the 'next but one' SPRP ;-)

EDIT - I should of course say that TEK is somewhat different to SPRP in the sense that it's growth is not (yet) underpinned by a healthy + growing dividend. May be one day when TEK are trading profitably. I do tend to prefer a mix of income + capital growth... preferably strong growth. Not very demanding, am I ;-)

[pj 1] 08/6/2015 15:22

The next SPRP speed? ;-)

[battlebus2] 08/6/2015 13:55

Lol £1 suits me fine.

[moormoney] 06/6/2015 19:56

I agree BB but there is only so much cash to go round unfortunately. I can imagine this will woosh one day soon. GL to you.

[battlebus2] 06/6/2015 12:19

Dangerous to be out of these moormoney as when a deal is announced we will be like jumping jack flash :)) but good luck never bad to bank a profit imv.

[moormoney] 06/6/2015 12:04

I made a small profit and returned to my main one CTP as it is ready to take off again. I will watch this to get back in though as I think it is a great long term investment as does NW.

[drago] 06/6/2015 12:00

tree
it is slightly busier on the caselton one !

[treeshake] 05/6/2015 10:15

Quiet bb this one considering !

[battlebus2] 04/6/2015 17:49

Continuing to new highs, fabulous!!

[battlebus2] 29/5/2015 13:52

Yep, anyone attend the AGM?

[sja123] 29/5/2015 13:17

No surprises then.... Back to waiting....

[sja123] 29/5/2015 08:53

AGM today at 11.00am...not expecting anything other than "all items passed" but you never know....something "forward looking" may emerge....

[treeshake] 26/5/2015 07:47

Nigel's average investment spans 10 yrs

[moormoney] 22/5/2015 13:40

I agree bb2 Nigel is not here for buttons he likes a good return on his investments!