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Personalized sensor networks optionally should include wearable sensors or a body area network (BAN) wirelessly connected to a home computer or a remote computer through long-distance devices, such as a personal digital assistant or a mobile phone. While long-distance data transmission can typically be performed only by using the batteries as a power supply, the sensors with a short-distance wireless link can be powered autonomously. The idea of a self-powered device is not new and is actually known for centuries. The earliest example of self-powered wearable device is the self-winding watch invented in about 1770. However, typically not much energy is harvested in a small device, so that use of a battery, primary or rechargeable, is beneficial from practical point of view.
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Leonov, V. (2011). Energy Harvesting for Self-Powered Wearable Devices. In: Bonfiglio, A., De Rossi, D. (eds) Wearable Monitoring Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7384-9_2
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