Generating Electricity from Metabolic Heat of Human Body through Smart-Garments for Charging Electronic Gadgets : A Review

In today’s world all of us are literally living within the galaxy of electronic gadgets. As soon as we wake up, till we fall asleep in the night, a number of electronic gadgets are integral parts of our daily activities. Therefore, A continuous consumption of electrical energy is required to keep those gadgets going every-time, everywhere, in every condition. Hence it is essential to explore some non-conventional, renewable and continuous source of electrical energy, apart from the conventional sources. Also, it is equally important to have uninterrupted sources of electrical energy even in the remote areas, to keep the electronic devices running, for example automatic health monitoring devices, smart watches, cell phones, tabs etc. In addition to that, it is always essential to search for newer and newer sources of electrical energy to cope up with the continuously increasing demand of the electrical energy in the present world. So, the need of the hour is to innovate new and sustainable ways of electrical energy. In this context, this present article reports some salient and significant researches in the domain of generating the electrical energy utilizing the metabolic heat and the natural movements of the human body