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With rapid improvements in the semiconductor industry, we have reached the point where the cost to buy a pound of steel is enough to get nearly a billion transistors on a single integrated circuit (IC). And the advent of The Cloud, Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Big Data, among others, has piqued the interest of society in getting ICs installed in ev... ery corner of this world. One of the biggest obstacles to achieving this goal is the need of modern ICs to utilize an external power source, which means that one must build sophisticated power distribution schema or deal with reoccurring maintenance to exchange batteries. I propose to inspect the physical phenomena that presents itself in semiconductors, known as Impact Ionized Hot-Electron Injection (IIHEI), and exploit this mechanism to effectively yield large resistances on an IC. Further combining this with floating-gate transistors (an oft avoided technique in academia due to the complexities involved) will facilitate the creation of an analog-to-digital sensor platform that has unified the aspects of sensing, power, and storage on a monolithic chip with operational timescales in years. Such a revolution in a technology platform would empower researchers and practitioners to expand into previously unexplored regions of study. Certain aspects of this research may be under embargo, more information forthcoming through Infrastructure Analytics Company . This technology could lead to many avenues of applications, for the sake of brevity, two examples are showcased here: A biomedical apparatus for in-vivo progress tracking of bone healing that is enabled by the long-term deployment and battery-less, continuous monitoring capabilities of the aforementioned sensor system. These features are paramount in realizing a noninvasive method for progress tracking, that is lacking in current devices on the market. Journal article published at IEEE Your browser does not support the video tag. Click here to view a GIF Auditing of our nation's infrastructural assets facilitated ...Read More