Systems, articles, and methods for wearable devices having secondary power sources in links of a band for providing secondary power in addition to a primary power source

A system, comprising:

• a wearable system including a wrist-wearable device that interacts with a wearable head-mounted display device, the wrist-wearable device comprising:
• a centralized processor pod having a primary power source, a wireless communication radio, and one or more sensors;
• wherein the one or more sensors and the wireless communication radio are configured to be primarily powered using the primary power source;
• a band that includes a plurality of links configured to circumferentially surround a wrist of a user when the wrist-wearable device is worn by the user, each respective link of the plurality of links including at least one secondary power source;
• a first communicative pathway configured to convey power from a first secondary power source included in a first link of the plurality of links to the centralized processor pod to provide a secondary source of power to the centralized processor pod beyond that provided by the primary power source, wherein at least a portion of the first communicative pathway is made of a flexible material;
• and
• a second communicative pathway configured to convey power from a second secondary power source included in a second link of the plurality of links to the centralized processor pod to provide another secondary source of power to the centralized processor pod beyond that provided by the primary power source, wherein at least a portion of the second communicative pathway is made of the flexible material.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a wrist-wearable device, cause the wrist-wearable device to perform or cause performance of operations including:

• providing primary power to a centralized processor pod from a primary power source, the centralized processor pod having the primary power source, a wireless communication radio, and one or more sensors;
• wherein the one or more sensors and the wireless communication radio are configured to be primarily powered using the primary power source;
• providing, via a first communicative pathway configured to convey power from a first secondary power source included in a first link of a band that includes a plurality of links configured to circumferentially surround a wrist of a user when the wrist-wearable device is worn by the user, a secondary source of power to the centralized processor pod beyond that provided by the primary power source, wherein at least a portion of the first communicative pathway is made of a flexible material;
• wherein each respective link of the plurality of links includes at least one secondary power source, and providing, via a second communicative pathway configured to convey power from a second secondary power source included in a second link of the plurality of links, another secondary source of power to the centralized processor pod beyond that provided by the primary power source, wherein at least a portion of the second communicative pathway is made of the flexible material.