{"id":650716,"date":"2025-01-24T13:20:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T10:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T13:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T10:20:21","slug":"battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/","title":{"rendered":"#Battery-free wearable accessories could soon be powered through your skin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n                        <input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Power-over-Skin: Full-Body Wearables Powered By Intra-Body RF Energy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5PEN04-jyCU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Remember when the first smartwatches were ridiculed for needing to be charged almost every night? Although the situation has improved significantly, the fact remains that they still need to be taken off your wrist and put on a charger every now and then. That might sound only like a hassle for smartwatches and wireless earbuds, but imagine the discomfort and risks of having to remove health monitors, not to mention devices like pacemakers whose batteries also need to be replaced regularly.<\/p>\n<p>They might be called \u201cwearables,\u201d but these devices are nothing like their analog counterparts, that don\u2019t cause stress. Then again, they don\u2019t offer features either, so it\u2019s not exactly a fair trade. Solving the battery problem will go a long way in making these devices more sustainable and accessible, and this ongoing research is trying to do just that by removing batteries from these devices completely.<\/p>\n<p>Designers: Andy Kong, Daehwa Kim, Chris Harrison (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.figlab.com\/research\/2024\/PowerOverSkin\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Power-Over-Skin<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-530598\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/01\/24\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Battery-free wearable accessories could soon be powered through your skin\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-00.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-530599\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/01\/24\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Battery-free wearable accessories could soon be powered through your skin\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-530599\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/01\/24\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Battery-free wearable accessories could soon be powered through your skin\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-01.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"eaa854015c821f7bf7611d64-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ad-1 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"eaa854015c821f7bf7611d64-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Electrical devices need power to function, of course, and the most straightforward method is to have a battery inside them. Unfortunately, the trade-off is that these devices are thicker and heavier than they could be, and they have to be recharged or have their batteries replaced every so often. If you could power the devices without a battery or without even a cable, that could go a long way in shrinking their sizes down and potentially making them more fashionable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-530601\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/01\/24\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Battery-free wearable accessories could soon be powered through your skin\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-530601\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/01\/24\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Battery-free wearable accessories could soon be powered through your skin\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-04.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-530603\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/01\/24\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Battery-free wearable accessories could soon be powered through your skin\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-530603\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/01\/24\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Battery-free wearable accessories could soon be powered through your skin\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-07.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"eaa854015c821f7bf7611d64-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ads-2 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"eaa854015c821f7bf7611d64-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The trick is to hide the actual power source somewhere on your body and then use your body itself as the conduit for electrical power to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> to these \u201cwearable\u201d devices. This can, for example, be used to make earrings with flashing LEDs or a ring with a joystick that can control your smart TV. These devices need to be touching your skin to actually get power, but considering their use cases, that won\u2019t be much of a problem.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-530600\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/01\/24\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Battery-free wearable accessories could soon be powered through your skin\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-530600\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/01\/24\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Battery-free wearable accessories could soon be powered through your skin\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-03.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-530605\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/01\/24\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Battery-free wearable accessories could soon be powered through your skin\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-530605\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/01\/24\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Battery-free wearable accessories could soon be powered through your skin\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-05.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Although the previous examples do sound contrived and a little ridiculous, the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications for this <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> go beyond mobile accessories. Health sensors, like a skin-based thermometer or glucose monitor, can be stuck to any part of your body and work almost infinitely, at least as long as there\u2019s a power source attached to you. You can even have a calculator that powers up when you hold it in your hand, or a phone case that charges your phone bit by bit while you\u2019re using it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-530602\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/01\/24\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Battery-free wearable accessories could soon be powered through your skin\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-530602\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/01\/24\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Battery-free wearable accessories could soon be powered through your skin\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-02.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Power-Over-Skin does still require some transmitter to send power to those devices through your skin, so we can\u2019t exactly escape the need for batteries just yet. The devices are also quite unappealing, which is as expected of prototypes. Hopefully, there will be further research in improving not only the design of the wearables but also their ability to get power through other means, maybe from the abundant air around us.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-530606\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/01\/24\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Battery-free wearable accessories could soon be powered through your skin\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-530606\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/01\/24\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Battery-free wearable accessories could soon be powered through your skin\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-06.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"swp-hidden-panel-wrap\" style=\"display: none; visibility: collapse; opacity: 0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swp-content-locator\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n                                            <\/div>\n<p><span class=\"vcard author\"><br \/>\n                            <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                <span>JC Torres<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/category\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Technology<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/01\/24\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when the first smartwatches were ridiculed for needing to be charged almost every night? Although the situation has improved significantly, the fact remains that they still need to be taken off your wrist and put on a charger every now and then. That might sound only like a hassle for smartwatches and wireless earbuds,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":650717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/01\/battery-free-wearable-accessories-could-soon-be-powered-through-your-skin\/power-over-skin-00.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[124806,61514,67907,72822],"class_list":["post-650716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-battery-free","tag-research","tag-science","tag-skin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}