Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Wireless battery-free body sensor networks using near-field-enabled clothing

  • Rongzhou Lin,
  • Han-Joon Kim,
  • Sippanat Achavananthadith,
  • Selman A. Kurt,
  • Shawn C. C. Tan,
  • Haicheng Yao,
  • Benjamin C. K. Tee,
  • Jason K. W. Lee,
  • John S. Ho

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14311-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Though wireless near-field communication (NFC) technologies that connect wearable sensors for health monitoring have been reported, the short range of NFC readers limits sensor functionality. Here, the authors report a wireless and battery-free body sensor network with near-field-enabled clothing.