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Undersea sensor is powered by sound waves from the surface
2019-08-20 17:24 UTC by Ben Coxworth

For continuously gathering information on ocean conditions, one thing that's been proposed is a network of sensors that would transmit data from the sea floor. Changing their batteries, however, could be quite challenging. That's where a new MIT system is designed to come in.

• Acoustics
• MIT
• Piezoelectric
• Sensors
• Underwater

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