Energy harvesting from human body for biomedical autonomous systems

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 678-680

  Amor, N Ben ^a,b   Kanoun, O ^b   Lay Ekuakille, A ^c   Specchia, G ^c   Vendramin, G ^c   Trotta, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ENERGY CONVERTERS; ENERGY HARVESTING; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITIES; HUMAN BEING; HUMAN BODIES; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MICRO AND MACRO; MICRO-MOVEMENTS;

SENSORS;

EID: 67649987094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2008.4716532     Document Type: Conference Paper

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