Power resource management

A method, comprising:

• harvesting energy generated from a plurality of different types of energy sources, including:
• determining a type of energy source of the plurality of different types of energy sources from which to harvest the energy based on at least one of a user activity or a time of day;
• receiving mechanical energy at the muscle movement sensor in response to a muscle movement of the human body;
• receiving thermal energy at a thermal unit configured to attach to the human body;
• receiving solar energy at a solar unit as a function of an amount of sunlight received by the solar unit;
• receiving kinetic energy at a kinetic unit as a function of mechanical vibration of the kinetic unit;
• converting the mechanical energy, the thermal energy, the solar energy and the kinetic energy to an electrical current;
• and
• supplying the electrical current to a mobile electronic device.

A system, comprising:

• means for accumulating energy from a plurality of different types of energy sources, the energy including:
• mechanical energy received at a muscle movement sensor configured to attach to a part of a human body and generate mechanical energy as a function of muscle movement of the human body,
• thermal energy received at a thermal unit configured to attach to the part or another part of the human body and generate thermal energy as a function of body heat of the human body;
• solar energy received at a solar unit, and
• kinetic energy received at a kinetic unit;
• means for determining a type of energy source of the plurality of different types of energy sources from which to accumulate the energy based on at least one of a user activity or an amount of sunlight determined to be available;
• means for converting the mechanical energy, the thermal energy, the solar energy and the kinetic energy to an electrical current;
• means for supplying the electrical current to an electronic mobile device;
• and
• means for regulating a function of the electronic mobile device to reduce a power consumption of the electronic mobile device.

A system, comprising:

• a power storage component configured to store energy at least partly received based on an electrical current input to the power storage component and provide at least some of the energy to a mobile device;
• and
• a recharge component configured to determine one or more energy resources from a plurality of different types of energy resources remote from the mobile device that are available to provide at least a portion of the energy to the power storage component based on at least one of an amount of sunlight determined to be available, user activity, or a time of day, and interact with the one or more energy resources to supply at least the portion of the energy to the power storage component,
• wherein interaction with the one or more energy resources includes:
• reception of mechanical energy by a muscle movement sensor configured to attach to a part of a human body and generate mechanical energy as a function of muscle movement of the human body,
• reception of thermal energy by a thermal unit configured to attach to the part or another part of the human body and generate thermal energy as a function of body heat of the human body,
• reception of solar energy at a solar unit configured to generate solar energy as a function of sunlight received by the solar unit, and reception of kinetic energy at a kinetic unit configured to generate kinetic energy as a function of mechanical vibration of the kinetic unit, and
• conversion of the mechanical energy, the thermal energy, the solar energy and the kinetic energy to the electrical current.

A method, comprising:

• determining whether at least a subset of a plurality of different types of external energy resources are capable of providing energy for a mobile device based on at least one of a user activity an amount of sunlight determined to be available, user activity, or a time of day, including:
• determining whether a muscle movement sensor configured to attach to the human body is capable of generating mechanical energy as a function of muscle movement of the human body:
• determining whether a thermal unit configured to attach to the part or another part of the human body is capable of generating thermal energy as a function of body heat of the human body:
• determining whether a solar unit is capable of generating solar energy as a function of the amount of sunlight determined to be available, and
• determining whether a kinetic unit is capable of generating kinetic energy as a function of mechanical vibration of the kinetic unit;
• accumulating the energy from at least the subset of the plurality of different types of external energy resources;
• and
• recharging a power supply of the mobile device based on the accumulating.

A mobile device, comprising:

• a power storage component configured to store at least a subset of energy for a mobile device based on an electrical current input to the power storage component, provide at least the subset of the energy to the mobile device, receive at least the subset of energy from a recharge component that determines a subset of energy resources from a plurality of different types of energy resources remote from the mobile device capable of providing at least the subset of energy to the power storage component, and interact with at least the subset of energy resources to provide at least the subset of the energy to the power storage component, and
• an artificial intelligence component configured to determine a type of energy source of the plurality of different types of energy sources from which to harvest the energy based on at least one of an amount of sunlight determined to be available, user activity, or a time of day, wherein the plurality of different types of energy resources includes:
• a muscle movement sensor configured to attach to a part of the human body, receive mechanical energy as a function of muscle movement of the human body, and convert the mechanical energy to part of the electrical current,
• a thermal unit configured to attach to the part or another part of the human body, receive thermal energy in response to body heat of the human body, and convert the thermal energy to another part of the electrical current,
• a solar unit configured to generate solar energy as a function of an amount of sunlight received by the solar unit, and
• a kinetic unit configured to generate kinetic energy as a function of mechanical vibration of the kinetic unit.