Energy scavenging with shoe-mounted piezoelectrics
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Micro
- Vol. 21 (3), 30-42
- https://doi.org/10.1109/40.928763
Abstract
Decreasing size and power requirements of wearable microelectronics make it possible to replace batteries with systems that capture energy from the user's environment. Unobtrusive devices developed at the MIT Media Lab scavenge electricity from the forces exerted on a shoe during walking: a flexible piezoelectric foil stave to harness sole-bending energy and a reinforced PZT dimorph to capture heel-strike energy.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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