KCF Technologies develop top quality products and solutions for the field of sound and vibration engineering, at cost-effective prices. Products exceed the strict requirements of an experienced experimentalist with the firm also able to develop new solutions that meet the unique and changing needs of customers. Combining pure research and customer-tailored consulting KCF provide truly innovative products for which a market does not yet exist. KCF enjoys a close working relationship with researchers at Penn State University in the Penn State Center for Acoustics and Vibration. The firm has developed self powered wireless sensors as a practical solution for industrial monitoring. Freely available vibration energy is captured and used as the only power source. This enables designers of wireless sensor networks to achieve the reduced installation and life cycle costs promised by wireless sensors