
Sensors allow farmers to manage their lighting in the most efficient way possible. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
On 2 January, Energous Corporation WATT, a leading developer of RF-based charging for wireless power networks, and ams OSRAM AMS, a global leader in optical solutions, announced a collaboration on a wirelessly powered multi-spectral light sensor for Controlled-Environment Agriculture (CEA) and vertical farming, which will also have the capability to compute photosynthetically available radiation (PAR)