"Can We Make Wearable Devices Battery Free?" - Ewan MacLeod, CEO of Klaen

💸 Raising Seed / Series A funding: https://www.awake-partners.com/ ⭐ More informations about Klaen : http://klaen.uk/ ======================================= Ewan MacLeod is the founder of Klaen, a startup developing a proprietary system-level energy harvesting architecture that converts human movement and heat into electrical power to run wearable devices continuously without batteries… With a background in advertising, digital production and entrepreneurship, Ewan is working to bring triboelectric nanogenerator technology from academic research into real-world applications. Through Klaen, he aims to integrate energy-harvesting systems and health sensors into textiles, paving the way for a new generation of self-powered wearable devices. In this new episode hosted by Elie Zemmour, we talk about: How Ewan came up with the idea behind Klaen Technologies, How movement can be converted into electrical energy, The technology behind self-powered wearable devices, Integrating ECG monitoring and health sensors into clothing, Turning academic research into commercial applications, Klaen Technologies’ business model and market opportunities, The future of wearable technology and continuous health monitoring, ======================================= Podcast Chapters 00:00 – Introduction 01:38 – How the Idea Behind Klaen Started 03:00 – The Science Behind Energy-Harvesting Textiles 06:00 – What Makes a Successful Entrepreneur? 08:00 – Ewan’s Entrepreneurial Journey 11:00 – Building a Deeptech Startup 13:23 – The Problem with Wearable Device Batteries 15:10 – Klaen’s Technology and B2B Business Model 17:00 – Can Movement Generate Enough Energy? 18:00 – The Road to Commercialization and Patents 20:00 – Applications Beyond Healthcare and Sports 24:00 – Licensing Strategy and Revenue Potential 25:00 – Building Movement Wear for the 45+ Market 30:00 – Competing with Tech Giants 31:00 – Building the Team and Scaling the Technology 34:00 – Klaen’s Long-Term Vision 38:40 – Demonstrating Klaen’s ECG Wearable 40:00 – Medical-Grade ECG and Continuous Health Monitoring 🎧 Find us also on : Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/6q2NxLj... Deezer : https://www.deezer.com/fr/show/100262... LinkedIn :   / sur-la-place-podcast   Tiktok :   / surlaplace   Instagram :   / surlaplace_podcast   CREDITS: Producers: Elie Zemmour / Mathieu Turban Video editor: Milo Lingl Communications Manager: Chahrazad Chahtour For partnership inquiries: marketing@awake-partners.com