Underwater sensing is of great significance in ocean exploration by divers to monitor their movements and keep in touch with the shore. However, unique sensors are required to apply in the marine environment that is quite different from the land circumstance. Herein, we reported a cellulose-skeleton-based composite hydrogel that is constraint to expand underwater under the effect of hydrogen bonds (H-bonds) and features advantages of high swelling resistance, structural durability, mechanical robustness, medium flexibility, high gauge factor (2.33) and long-term stability in water as a highly efficient wearable underwater sensor. This cellulose-based anti-swellable underwater hydrogel sensor showed tremendous potentials in underwater sensing applications for posture monitoring, communication, and marine biological research, etc.
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December 2024
Key Laboratory of System Control and Information Processing, Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
The suspended sediment plume generated in the deep-sea mining process significantly impacts the marine environment and seabed ecosystem. Accurate boundary estimation can effectively monitor the scope of environmental impact, guiding mining operations to prevent ecological damage. In this paper, we propose a dynamic boundary estimation approach for the suspended sediment plume, leveraging the sensing capability of the Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs).
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January 2025
State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, People's Republic of China.
The advancement of underwater monitoring technologies has been significantly hampered by the limitations of traditional electrical sensors, particularly in the presence of electromagnetic interference and safety concerns in aquatic environments. Fiber optic sensors are therefore nowadays widely applied to underwater monitoring devices. However, silicon- and polymer-based optical fibers often face challenges, such as rigidity, susceptibility to environmental stress, and limited operational flexibility.
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December 2024
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
The amount of data collected for sensing tasks in scientific computing is based on the Shannon-Nyquist sampling theorem proposed in the 1940s. Sensor data generation will surpass 73 trillion GB by 2025 as we increase the high-fidelity digitization of the physical world. Skyrocketing data infrastructure costs and time to maintain and compute on all this data are increasingly common.
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November 2024
Ocean and Maritime Digital Technology Research Division, Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering, Daejeon 34103, Republic of Korea.
Although the Doppler velocity log is widely applied to measure underwater fluid flow, it requires high power and is inappropriate for measuring low flow velocity. This study proposes a fluid flow sensor that utilizes optical flow sensing. The proposed sensor mimics the neuromast of a fish by attaching a phosphor to two pillar structures (A and B) produced using ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber.
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December 2024
Deutsches Meeresmuseum, Katharinenberg 14 - 20, 18439, Stralsund, Germany.
Many animals alternate between different media, such as air and water, thanks to specific adaptations. Among birds, penguins (Sphenisciformes) have the most extreme morphological, physiological, and behavioural adaptations to their amphibious lifestyle. Their auditory perception of sound, potentially matching different impedances in air and under water, is largely unknown particularly in terms of whether their underwater adaptations may have affected their in-air hearing capacity.
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