Can you use your own body heat and body motion to power up wearable devices that can track your health and help you manage your wellness without ever worrying about charging or changing batteries? The answer is yes! In her talk, Veena Misra will explain how advanced power harvesting technologies and ultra low power electronics and sensors can help you track your health and even your personal environmental exposure continuously and non-invasively -- all powered by you.

Veena Misra is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. She is also the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Center on Advanced Self Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) that focuses on self-powered wearable devices for health.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx