International Business Machines Corporation

Bryan Sacks

Harish Bharti

Sandeep Sukhija

Deepak Bajaj

Hendrik F Hamann

Levente Klein

Mukundan Sundararajan

John Wamburu

Mahesh Sudhakaran

Electronic circuit assemblies are provided, with an electronic circuit assembly including a transducer circuit to generate electrical energy based on applied pressure, and a static-electricity capture circuit to capture electrical energy from static-electrical charge. Further, the electronic circuit assembly includes a power management circuit electrically coupled to the transducer circuit and the static-electricity capture circuit to receive, at least in part, the generated electrical energy based on applied pressure at the transducer circuit and the electrical energy from static-electrical charge captured by the static-electricity capture circuit.

Electronic circuit assemblies for capturing electrical energy

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a computer-implemented method for detecting vegetation near a power line. A non-limiting example of the computer-implemented method includes detecting the spectral characteristics of a target location. The spectral characteristics can be used to detect a tree at the target location. The location of the power lines that are within a buffer distance of the tree can be detected. Given that the tree is within a buffer distance, a risk value can be calculated for the tree. The risk value can convey the likelihood that the tree will contact the power line. If the risk is above a threshold amount, a work order can be issued to direct a crew to trim or cut the tree to prevent it from contacting the power line.

Automated management of potentially hazardous objects near power lines

An embodiment includes sensor data representative of an amount of gas in a storage tank and a speed of wind driving a wind turbine. The embodiment also includes identifying a favorable capacity condition of the storage tank by comparing the amount of gas in the storage tank to the tank's capacity. The embodiment further includes identifying a favorable wind condition by comparing the wind speed to a cut-in speed of the wind turbine. In addition, the embodiment includes receiving wind direction data indicating a direction of the wind driving the wind turbine and identifying a valve position update for a valve that controls gas flow from the tank towards the wind turbine. Finally, the embodiment includes instructing the valve according to the valve position update.

Supplementing wind power for driving wind turbines

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Bryan Sacks