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Wearable TechnologyResearch
Alisa Maria Wronski
November 28 2013
FIRST COMMON FACTOR
ALL wearable technology has one thing in common:
FIRST COMMON FACTOR
It is worn on the body.
SECOND COMMON FACTOR
Most wearable technology will require power
SECOND COMMON FACTORBatteries are used because they are mobile from an outlet, and can be carried around.
SECOND COMMON FACTORBut they can be bulky, and sometimes
become the main feature of most technologies.
GOOGLE GLASS
For example the bulky battery only last 4 hours,
and it is the largest part of the device.
GOOGLE GLASS
BODY AND POWER
BODY AND POWER
The movie Matrix showed humans harvested for power. This is actually a great idea for wearable technology knowing that the device will be used
in conjunction with an energy emitting being.
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Creating new technologies for military use,
they created GPS and Internet
http://www.darpa.mil
DARPACurrently working on lightening technology for soldiers,
because they must be as agile as possible
DARPATheir current objective: “Sensor-studded clothing worn by a soldier to
track his movements and vital signs
and a cellphone is implanted in a tooth,”
according to a story describing the DARPA program
last year in The Smithsonian.
BODY HEAT-FUJITSU
The chip uses thermoelectric materials, which produce an electric current when exposed to two different
temperatures—such as body heat and the (usually) cooler air around us.
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2010/20101209-01.html
BODY HEAT-FUJITSUThere is a growing demand for devices that can efficiently derive energy from the surrounding
environment at any time
Body heat would enable the devices to be used at all times without worry of powering off.
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2010/20101209-01.html
BODY HEAT-GOOGLEGoogle Science Fair invites young people to share
projects. Canadian Ann Makonsinski created a flashlight powered by human touch.
https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/2013/
BODY HEAT-VODAFONEVodafone created a wearable charger pocket for pants
and sleeping bags for music festivals.
http://mashable.com/2013/06/13/power-pocket-charging/
BODY HEAT-VODAFONE
http://mashable.com/2013/06/13/power-pocket-charging/
“One side of that is cold and the other is hot, and when you get a flow of heat through it you can create a voltage and a current.”
INNER EAR-M.I.T.
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/biological-battery-1107.html + http://www-mtl.mit.edu/ulp_medical/index.shtml
The ear is a natural battery that converts a mechanical force (the vibration of the eardrum) into electrochemical signal converted to the brain, this bio-battery is the source of the signals current. The
ions create an electrical voltage that can power devices.
INNER EAR-M.I.T.
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/biological-battery-1107.html + http://www-mtl.mit.edu/ulp_medical/index.shtml
This could be used to power a self sufficient ear device like mp3 or hearing aid,
removing excess bulk from wearables.
BREATH POWER
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/biological-battery-1107.html + http://www-mtl.mit.edu/ulp_medical/index.shtml
The breath is extremely powerful, it’s like a mini windmill. It can easily be incorporated into
wearable’s and it is always available.
BREATH POWER
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/biological-battery-1107.html + http://www-mtl.mit.edu/ulp_medical/index.shtml
The breath is extremely powerful, it’s like a mini windmill. It can easily be incorporated into
wearable’s and it is always available.
VIBRATIONS & KINETICS
When we move we can power a device.
KINECTS-M2E CHARGERM2E makes use of the Faraday principle which states that a "moving magnet could induce an
electrical current in a wire coil”
KINECTS-M2E CHARGER
When the charger is moved, a magnet moves through the coil creating the energy. M2E, however, tweaked the technology so that even "subtle micro-motions"
are translated into energy.
http://goodcleantech.pcmag.com/news-and-events/280495-m2e-power-to-launch-battery-charger-juiced-by-kinetic-energy
KINECTS-EMPOWER
Powers lanterns in rural Africa using kinetic movements in playgrounds by children.
http://emplay.squarespace.com
KINECTS- DANCE PANTSLeggings that power your mp3 player as you
run and dance.
http://inhabitat.com/power-your-music-player-with-your-running-pants/
KINECTS-DANCE CHARGEA charger worn around arm such as any mp3 band
is already worn, but powers device.
http://inhabitat.com/power-your-music-player-with-your-running-pants/
VIBRATIONS-M.I.T.Chandrakasan and his colleagues use piezoelectric materials, which produce an electric current when subjected to mechanical pressure, the DC current that is created can be stored in a chip 2mm small.
http://www-mtl.mit.edu/~anantha/research.html
THE FUTURE OF POWER
As devices become smaller and more portable, batteries must too.
But there is only so much we can shrink, that is why a self sufficient power would be the logical step in
making wearable technologies more comfortable and seamless to the body
http://www.studioroosegaarde.net/project/intimacy/info/
THE FUTURE OF POWER
As wearable devices become smaller and more portable, batteries must too.
But there is only so much we can shrink, that is why a self sufficient power would be the logical step in
making wearable technologies more comfortable and seamless to the body.
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2011/02/10/wanted-dead-or-alive-humans-for-energy-harvesting/
• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/40th-anniversary/Embedded-Technologies-Power-From-the-People.html
• Bio Technology Scientific Journal November 2012, Volume 30 No 11 pp1009-1150
http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v30/n11/index.html• http://futurismic.com/2010/07/14/sing-the-body-electric-be-your-own-batteries/