Self Powered Biosensors

Within the military, the proliferation of batteries required by the dismounted warfighter continues to be troublesome, both from the standpoint of weight and the need for replacement. Energy-harvesting technologies, which collect energy from naturally occurring motions, offer the possibility of reducing this concern. At the same time, the military has long sought the ability to continuously collect vital and other physiologic measures from operational warfighters. In the proposed project, we will build on the work undertaken in the Phase I effort and produce a commercially viable garment that requires no recharging or battery replacement that is capable of monitoring a subjects vital signs, activity (level and context) and amount of sleep. The platform will be designed to be highly configurable allowing it to be modified for various markets without redesign, yet robust and comfortable for long time wear. The technology being developed in this project has already received significant interest from military and commercial entities. We have requests for military, and commercial parties to trial the end product and we have a possible licensing deal with an external company for several of the core technologies being developed. In the proposal we identify strategies to address the commercial markets.