%0 Journal Article
%T Compliant lightweight non-invasive standalone ¡°Marine Skin¡± tagging system
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%D 2018
%R https://doi.org/10.1038/s41528-018-0025-1
%X Current marine research primarily depends on weighty and invasive sensory equipment and telemetric network to understand the marine environment, including the diverse fauna it contains, as a function of animal behavior and size, as well as equipment longevity. To match animal morphology and activity within the surrounding marine environment, here we show a physically flexible and stretchable skin-like and waterproof autonomous multifunctional system, integrating Bluetooth, memory chip, and high performance physical sensors. The sensory tag is mounted on a swimming crab (Portunus pelagicus) and is capable of continuous logging of depth, temperature, and salinity within the harsh ocean environment. The fully packaged, ultra-lightweight (<2.4£¿g in water), and compliant ¡°Marine Skin¡± system does not have any wired connection enabling safe and weightless cutting-edge approach to monitor and assess marine life and the ecosystem¡¯s health to support conservation and management of marine ecosystems
%U https://www.nature.com/articles/s41528-018-0025-1