--- description: Find out why Oppo Zero-Power Tag is one of the best inventions of 2023 title: Oppo Zero-Power Tag: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c97d6a8a8970896/698a417b47ca380b5c3bb3ea/best-inventions-2023-oppo-zero-power-tag.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 24, 2023 # An Immortal Battery Oppo Zero-Power Tag by [Jared Lindzon](/author/jared-lindzon/) ## Jared Lindzon Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jared Lindzon is the co-author of "Do More in Four: Why It’s Time for a Shorter Workweek"  Battery capacity anxiety may soon be a relic of the past, at least for small electronics. Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer Oppo has designed a lightweight tracking device that can transmit information like location and temperature, while collecting what little power it needs from ambient energy sources like radio waves, light, and heat, so it never runs out of power. The technology, which Oppo aims to commercialize within the next year, could someday be applied to other small devices. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324122/oppo-zero-power-tag/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324122/oppo-zero-power-tag/"},"headline":"An Immortal Battery","datePublished":"2023-10-24T11:00:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T05:10:44.724Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324122/oppo-zero-power-tag/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","Magazine","best inventions","Best Inventions 2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c97d6a8a8970896/698a417b47ca380b5c3bb3ea/best-inventions-2023-oppo-zero-power-tag.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jared Lindzon","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/jared-lindzon/"}],"creator":"Jared Lindzon","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c97d6a8a8970896/698a417b47ca380b5c3bb3ea/best-inventions-2023-oppo-zero-power-tag.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324122/oppo-zero-power-tag/","name":"An Immortal Battery"}}]}] ```