HUMAN-POWERED WEARABLE COMPUTING

Authors
STARNER T
Citation
T. Starner, HUMAN-POWERED WEARABLE COMPUTING, IBM systems journal, 35(3-4), 1996, pp. 618-629
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
System Science","Computer Science Information Systems","Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming","Computer Science Theory & Methods
Journal title
IBM systems journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00188670
Volume
35
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
618 - 629
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-8670(1996)35:3-4<618:HWC>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Batteries add size, weight, and inconvenience to present-day mobile co mputers, This paper explores the possibility of harnessing the energy expended during the user's everyday actions to generate power for his or her computer, thus eliminating the impediment of batteries, An anal ysis of power generation through leg motion is presented in depth, and a survey of other methods such as generation by breath or blood press ure, body heat, and finger and limb motion is also presented.