I am working on a project that aims at substituting batteries (or increasing their lifetime) to power embedded systems, sensors and wearables by exploiting body movements.
I would like to know about some of your experiences with creating and experimenting with such devices i.e. embedded systems, sensors and wearables.
I recall in 1971 I had a self-winding wristwatch. No battery. All day long my normal (more or less random) arm movements shook a mechanism in the watch to keep the spring wound.
More recently I believe I've seen ads about similar mechanisms generating electricity to power the watch.