Wearable self sufficient MFC communication system powered by urine

Majid Taghavi; Andrew Stinchcombe; John Greenman; Virgilio Mattoli; Lucia Beccai; Barbara Mazzolai; Chris Melhuish; Ioannis A. Ieropoulos

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-10401-0_12

Wearable self sufficient MFC communication system powered by urine

Majid Taghavi, Andrew Stinchcombe, John Greenman, Virgilio Mattoli, Lucia Beccai, Barbara Mazzolai, Chris Melhuish, Ioannis A. Ieropoulos^*

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Bristol Robotics Laboratory

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Abstract

A new generation of self-sustainable and wearable Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) is introduced. Two different types of energy - chemical energy found in urine and mechanical energy harvested by manual pumping - were converted to electrical energy. The wearable system is fabricated using flexible MFCs with urine used as the feedstock for the bacteria, which was pumped by a manual foot pump. The pump was developed using check valves and soft tubing. The MFC system has been assembled within a pair of socks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	131-138
Number of pages	8
Volume	8717 LNAI
ISBN (Print)	9783319104003
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10401-0_12
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	15th Annual Conference on Advances in Autonomous Robotics Systems, TAROS 2014 - Birmingham, United Kingdom Duration: 1 Sept 2014 → 3 Sept 2014

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	8717 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	03029743
ISSN (Electronic)	16113349

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Conference	15th Annual Conference on Advances in Autonomous Robotics Systems, TAROS 2014
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Birmingham
Period	1/09/14 → 3/09/14

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Taghavi, M., Stinchcombe, A., Greenman, J., Mattoli, V., Beccai, L., Mazzolai, B., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. A. (2014). Wearable self sufficient MFC communication system powered by urine. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 8717 LNAI, pp. 131-138). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8717 LNAI). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10401-0_12

Taghavi, Majid ; Stinchcombe, Andrew ; Greenman, John et al. / Wearable self sufficient MFC communication system powered by urine. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 8717 LNAI Springer Verlag, 2014. pp. 131-138 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Wearable self sufficient MFC communication system powered by urine. / Taghavi, Majid; Stinchcombe, Andrew; Greenman, John et al.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 8717 LNAI Springer Verlag, 2014. p. 131-138 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8717 LNAI).

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