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We present Full-body WPT, wireless power networking around the human body using a meandered textile coil. Unlike traditional inductive systems that emit strong fields into the deep tissue inside the body, the meander coil enables localized…
Wireless body networks comprising battery-free on-body sensors and textile-based wireless readers can enable daily health monitoring and activity tracking by continuously monitoring physiological signals across the body. However, previous…
For full-body wireless power transfer (WPT), a liquid metal (LM)-based meandered textile coil has been proposed. Multiple rigid capacitors must be inserted in a long coil for efficiency; however, the conventional adhesive jointing suffers…
The paper is devoted to the realization of wireless enabled clothing, employing recent new technologies in electronics, textile, and renewable power. This new wireless enabled clothing architecture is modular and distributed,allowing for…
As the scale of electronic devices shrinks, "electronic textiles" (e-textiles) will make possible a wide variety of novel applications which are currently unfeasible. Due to the wearability concerns, low-power techniques are critical for…
The development of smart textile interfaces is hindered by the inclusion of rigid hardware components and batteries within the fabric, which pose challenges in terms of manufacturability, usability, and environmental concerns related to…
Textile sensors transform our everyday clothing into a means to track movement and bio-signals in a completely unobtrusive way. One major hindrance to the adoption of "smart" clothing is the difficulty encountered with connections and space…
Near Field Communication (NFC) is a promising technology for ultra-low-power wearables, yet its short communication range limits its use to narrow-area, point-to-point interactions. We propose a body-scale NFC networking system that extends…
Wireless charging is a technology of transmitting power through an air gap to electrical devices for the purpose of energy replenishment. The recent progress in wireless charging techniques and development of commercial products have…
In this article, we put forward the mobile crowd sensing paradigm based on ubiquitous wearable devices carried by human users. The key challenge for mass user involvement into prospective urban crowd sending applications, such as monitoring…
Current limits of harvested energy in wearables are governed by three fundamental quantities, the physical limits of available energy density in ambient powering, safety limits in intentional powering, and the size of the wearable device.…
Wearable devices are a trending topic in both commercial and academic areas. Increasing demand for innovation has led to increased research and new products, addressing new challenges and creating profitable opportunities. However, despite…
Recent advancements in metamaterials have yielded the possibility of a wireless solution to improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Unlike traditional closely packed local coil arrays with rigid designs and…
The development of wearable sensing systems for sports performance tracking, rehabilitation, and injury prevention has driven growing demand for smart garments that combine comfort, durability, and accurate motion detection. This paper…
Wireless charging is a technique of transmitting power through an air gap to an electrical device for the purpose of energy replenishment. Recently, the wireless charging technology has been significantly advanced in terms of efficiency and…
Battery aging is one of the major concerns for the pervasive devices such as smartphones, wearables and laptops. Current battery aging mitigation approaches only partially leverage the available options to prolong battery lifetime. In this…
A body area network (BAN) involving wearable sensors populated around the human body can continuously monitor physiological signals, finding applications in personal healthcare and athletic evaluation. Existing near-field communication…
Wearable thermoelectric devices show promises to generate electricity in a ubiquitous, unintermittent and noiseless way for on-body applications. Three-dimensional thermoelectric textiles (TETs) outperform other types in smart textiles…
Prototyping electronic textile (e-textile) involves embedding electronic components into fabrics to develop smart clothing with specific functionalities. However, this process is still challenging since the complicated wiring setup is…
Wireless radio frequency coils provide a promising solution for clinical MR applications due to several benefits, such as cable-free connection and compatibility with MR platforms of different vendors. Namely, for the purpose of clinical…