Incorporating sensing and therapeutic capabilities into everyday textiles could be a powerful
approach in the development of personalized healthcare. The creation of such smart textiles …

As smartphone penetration saturates, we are witnessing a new trend in personal mobile
devices-wearable mobile devices or simply wearables as it is often called. Wearables come …

Wearable assistive, rehabilitative, and augmentative devices currently require bulky power
supplies, often making these tools more of a burden than an asset. This work introduces a …

Wearable and mobile devices, such as smartphones, smartwatches, wearable medical
devices, etc., have become an important part of our daily life. Most of these devices are …

This paper presents an electromagnetic based generator which is suitable for supplying
generating power from human body motion and has application in providing energy for body …

Energy harvesting has been attracting attention as a technology that is capable of replacing
or supplementing a battery with the development of various mobile electronics. In …

The coming decade will see the rapid emergence of low cost, intelligent, wireless sensors
and their widespread deployment throughout our environment. While wearable systems will …

Energy scavenging has increasingly become an interesting option for powering electronic
devices because of the almost infinite lifetime and the non-dependence on fuels for energy …

Harvesting kinetic energies is a sustainable method for generating electricity without
depleting natural resources. The main mechanisms for kinetic energy harvesting are …

This paper presents a microelectromechanical-system-based electromagnetic vibration-to-
electrical power generator that can harvest energy from low-frequency external vibrations …