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The self-powered, wireless medical sensors harvest energy from kinetic motion created by the user’s movements. That energy powers the micro-supercapacitors, which monitor the user’s movements, creating a cyclical charge for the device.

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Larry Cheng group, Hebei University of Technology, Xiangtan University.

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