Within the ENACT project, the I-SENSE Group of ICCS is contributing to the optimisation of wearable sensing platforms by evaluating and improving their energy efficiency.
Our team, led by Stefanos Chatzimichelakis, analysed, estimated, and measured the energy consumption of the platforms throughout different stages of their development. By identifying optimisation opportunities and working closely with the hardware development teams, we demonstrated that even targeted design improvements and firmware optimisation can significantly reduce power consumption.
These efforts led to a major achievement: the wearable devices are now capable of operating continuously for several days on a single battery charge, significantly enhancing their usability and reliability in real-world applications.
This work demonstrates how well-informed engineering decisions and careful system optimisation can substantially improve the performance, energy efficiency, and long-term sustainability of next-generation wearable technologies.
