@conference {Gatto2014,
	title = {Energy Harvesting system for smart shoes},
	booktitle = {MESA 2014 - 10th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Conference Proceedings},
	year = {2014},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {The aim of Energy Harvesting is to capture free energy, available without costs, from the environment. The development of advanced techniques allowed to capture, to store and to manage amounts of natural energy, transforming them into electrical energy. Moreover, advancements in microprocessor technology have increased power efficiency, effectively reducing power consumption requirements. From the point of view of wearable electronics devices, the most efficient Energy Harvesting system for energy capturing is that to use devices inserted into the shoes. These devices are situated into the soles where, during the movement, a force is exerted. Using piezoelectric elements and electromagnetic induction systems, this force allows recovering a high quantity of electrical energy useful for sensor supply and complex monitoring systems. In this paper, four different solutions of smart shoes that use Energy Harvesting systems are presented, with the aim to recover energy to supply a GPS device. Preliminary comparative results of 4 different solutions are compared on the bases of costs, production feasibility and energy harvesting capabilities.},
	doi = {10.1109/MESA.2014.6935616},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911955647\&partnerID=40\&md5=cd81450b8d4668e12293542ba772cf5d},
	author = {A. Gatto and Emanuele Frontoni}
}
@conference {Frontoni2013,
	title = {Energy harvesting for smart shoes: A real life application},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference},
	volume = {4},
	year = {2013},
	note = {cited By 1},
	abstract = {Advanced technical developments have increased the efficiency of devices in capturing trace amounts of energy from the environment (such as from human movements) and transforming them into electrical energy (e.g., to instantly charge mobile devices). In addition, advancements in microprocessor technology have increased power efficiency, effectively reducing power consumption requirements. In combination, these developments have sparked interest in the engineering community to develop more and more applications that utilize energy harvesting for power. The approach here described aims to designing and manufacturing an innovative easy-to-use and general-purpose device for energy harvesting in general purpose shoes. The novelty of this device is the integration of polymer and ceramic piezomaterials accomplished by injection molding. In this spirit, this paper examines different devices that can be built into a shoe, (where excess energy is readily harvested) and used for generating electrical power while walking. A Main purpose is the development of an indoor localization system embedded in shoes that periodically broadcasts a digital RFID as the bearer walks. Results are encouraging and real life test are conducted on the first series of prototypes. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2013 by ASME.},
	doi = {10.1115/DETC2013-12310},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84899124826\&partnerID=40\&md5=0a32a61f326043d4dcaa963a226ec167},
	author = {Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti and A. Gatto}
}
