wearable technology research

Wearable TechnologyResearch

Alisa Maria WronskiNovember 28 2013

FIRST COMMON FACTORALL wearable technology has one thing in common:

FIRST COMMON FACTORIt 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 POWERThe 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.

DARPADefense 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-FUJITSUThe 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 CHARGERWhen 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-EMPOWERPowers 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/