One way to design an underwater monitoring device is to take inspiration from nature and emulate an underwater creature. [Michael Barton-Sweeney] is making devices in the shape of, and functioning ...

Like Beanie Babies and Steve Urkel, the systems we use to transmit information through water bring to mind the 1990s. The flashback is due to the speed of today’s underwater communication networks, ...

This Collection calls for submissions of original research into techniques that help to deploy underwater and underground wireless sensor networks, contributing to advancements in environmental ...

UC San Diego computer scientists are one step closer to building low cost networks of underwater sensors for real time underwater environmental monitoring. At the IEEE Reconfigurable Architectures ...

LONDON Wireless Fibre Systems Ltd. is leading a consortium to develop an underwater sensor network that can monitor the impact of climate change on coastal erosion. The £670,000 (about $1.2million) ...

A sensor system that can autonomously, continuously and in real-time monitor streams, lakes, ocean bays and other bodies of liquid may help solve problems for environmentalists, manufacturers and ...

On November 15, Argentina’s Navy lost contact with the ARA San Juan, a small diesel-powered submarine that had been involved in exercises off the east coast of Patagonia. About a week later, on ...

The Internet of Things has the potential to cover every inch of Earth, thanks to the reach of cellular and satellite-based communications technologies. However, around 70 percent of the planet is ...

Across vast stretches of the ocean, China is building a network of underwater sensors to detect submarines and strengthen its navy as the nation projects power further abroad. The underwater ...

Engineers are developing hardware and software tools to help underwater telecommunication catch up to its over-the-air counterpart. Like Beanie Babies and Steve Urkel, the systems we use to transmit ...