Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoResearch team uses the human body to power wearables — addresses major obstacle of conventional batterieswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down120cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up192arrow-down1external-linkResearch team uses the human body to power wearables — addresses major obstacle of conventional batterieswww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square11linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareDarkassassin07linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoSeems it’s a re-write of this article from Monday, leaving out the transmitter part. https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/power-over-skin-makes-powering-wearables-easier/ (their source from 3 weeks ago) https://youtu.be/5PEN04-jyCU?si=JzzeLW6KalDKxOss Power isn’t harvested from the human body it’s transmitted (in really small amounts) across the body from one device to another, using capacitive coupling and 40MHz AC voltage.
Seems it’s a re-write of this article from Monday, leaving out the transmitter part.
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/power-over-skin-makes-powering-wearables-easier/
(their source from 3 weeks ago) https://youtu.be/5PEN04-jyCU?si=JzzeLW6KalDKxOss
Power isn’t harvested from the human body it’s transmitted (in really small amounts) across the body from one device to another, using capacitive coupling and 40MHz AC voltage.