Human-generated power for mobile electronics

Low-Power Electronics Design

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 45-1-45-35

  Starner, Thad E ^a   Paradiso, Joseph A ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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