“Smart Shoe”: An autonomous inkjet-printed RFID system scavenging walking energy

In this research the embodiment of wearable battery-free, active, paper printed RFID tags with energy scavenging capabilities is presented. Extraction of electrical energy from human body movement is obtained by a piezoelectric energy scavenger powering up an active RFID tag.

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