Abstract
Pervasive and wearable devices are becoming more and more common and important in the growing market of Internet of Things. Still the implementations of these devices are often not energy aware, lacking in optimization and ignoring the possibility of energy harvesting. Here we present a novel prototype of wearable device, conceived for skiing monitoring, that exploits the potential of thermoelectric harvesting in a mountain climate environment.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Farella, E., et al. Design and implementation of wimoca node for a body area wireless sensor network. In: 2005 Systems Communications (ICW’05, ICHSN’05, ICMCS’05, SENET’05), Aug 2005, pp. 342–347 (2005)
Brunelli, D., Farella, E., Rocchi, L., Dozza, M., Chiari, L., Benini, L.: Bio-feedback system for rehabilitation based on a wireless body area network. In: Fourth Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops (PERCOMW’06), pp. 526–531, March 2006
Gartner: Forecast: Wearable electronic devices, worldwide (2016). https://www.gartner.com/doc/3187421/forecast-wearable-electronic-devices-worldwide
Sudevalayam, S., Kulkarni, P.: Energy harvesting sensor nodes: survey and implications. IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials, 13(3), 443–461 (2011)
Bergonzini, C., Brunelli, D., Benini, L.: Comparison of energy intake prediction algorithms for systems powered by photovoltaic harvesters. Microelectron. J. 41(11), 766–777 (2010)
Thielen, M., Sigrist, L., Magno, M., Hierold, C., Benini, L.: Human body heat for powering wearable devices: from thermal energy to application. Energy Convers. Manag. 131, 44–54 (2017)
Kondo, T., Chiwaki, N., Sugahara, S.: Design and performance of thin-film \(\upmu \) teg modules for wearable device applications. In: 2017 IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing Conference (EDTM), pp. 201–203, Feb 2017
CC2650, launchPad™. http://www.ti.com/tool/launchxl-cc2650
Hofer, P., Hasler, M., Fauland, G., Bechtold, T., Nachbauer, W.: Microclimate in ski boots temperature, relative humidity, and water absorption. Appl. Ergonomics 45(3), 515–520 (2014)
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the financial support for this work provided by the IEEE Smart Cities initiative. Moreover, the research activity has been supported by a grant from Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto (CARITRO).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
About this paper
Cite this paper
Nardello, M., Tosato, P., Rossi, M., Brunelli, D. (2019). A Thermoelectric Powered System for Skiing Performance Monitoring. In: De Gloria, A. (eds) Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society. ApplePies 2017. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 512. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93082-4_18
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93082-4_18
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-93081-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-93082-4
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)