#remotesensors — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #remotesensors, aggregated by home.social.
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University of Exeter: Scientists increasingly depend on ‘black-box’ tools they cannot control or fully understand . “As AI becomes more capable and autonomous, this lack of transparency will make scientific findings harder to interpret and verify. This issue extends beyond AI. Many remote sensing products rely on proprietary processing that researchers cannot fully access and verify, while […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/20/university-of-exeter-scientists-increasingly-depend-on-black-box-tools-they-cannot-control-or-fully-understand/ -
Lawrence Times: Lawrence High student builds prototype to monitor river conditions in real time. “In May, Liam Sturm had an idea, a box of electronics, and a plan to create a network of low-cost water monitors for Lawrence rivers. By late July, the Lawrence High School senior had a working prototype that could measure water temperature, acidity (pH), water clarity (turbidity) and dissolved […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/18/lawrence-times-lawrence-high-student-builds-prototype-to-monitor-river-conditions-in-real-time/ -
Computer Weekly: Natural History Museum’s ‘living laboratory’ logs 11 million environmental records in first year. “The Natural History Museum’s (NHM’s) ‘living laboratory’ garden has collected more than 11 million environmental data records in its first year, feeding readings from more than 50 sensors into the Museum’s Amazon Web Services (AWS)-powered Data Ecosystem.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/18/computer-weekly-natural-history-museums-living-laboratory-logs-11-million-environmental-records-in-first-year/ -
University of Hawaii: Tagging whales from the sky: New methods revolutionize research. “Marine mammal research has attained new heights as scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are deploying noninvasive suction-cup tags onto humpback whales using drones. Traditionally, researchers from the Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) in the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology approached […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/12/tagging-whales-from-the-sky-new-methods-revolutionize-research-university-of-hawaii/ -
University of Kentucky: CLIMBS launches real-time network to forecast Kentucky landslides. “The Slope Hydrologic Monitoring Network website is a pioneering digital platform that offers real-time insights into the stability of Kentucky’s hillslopes…. The new monitoring network consists of 24 stations strategically placed across landslide-prone terrain in Eastern Kentucky. These stations act […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/16/university-of-kentucky-climbs-launches-real-time-network-to-forecast-kentucky-landslides/ -
CNN: Trump administration ditches plan to close a critical ocean monitoring system after furious bipartisan backlash. “The Trump administration is U-turning on its controversial decision to dismantle a critical ocean monitoring system that provides vital information on the health of the world’s oceans, after a bipartisan backlash in Congress. The Ocean Observatories Initiative was established […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/19/cnn-trump-administration-ditches-plan-to-close-a-critical-ocean-monitoring-system-after-furious-bipartisan-backlash/ -
Utah State University: Pine Needles Predict Air Quality? USU Researcher Says Yes. “Professor Randy Martin from the Utah Water Research Laboratory has used pine needles as passive air quality samplers in a recent study comparing urban air quality in Rose Park and Spanish Fork, Utah. Many compounds in the air, such as pesticides, are attracted to the fats on the surface of pine needles. Martin […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/18/utah-state-university-pine-needles-predict-air-quality-usu-researcher-says-yes/ -
TechSpot: A $5 Bluetooth tracker hidden in a postcard exposed a warship’s movements. “Journalist Just Vervaart concealed a Bluetooth tracker inside a postcard. He then mailed it to the vessel using publicly available instructions from the Dutch Ministry of Defense, intended to help families send mail to loved ones stationed on the ship. This protocol provided enough details to get the tracker […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/24/techspot-a-5-bluetooth-tracker-hidden-in-a-postcard-exposed-a-warships-movements/ -
University of Washington: Tiny cameras in earbuds let users talk with AI about what they see. “The prototype system called VueBuds takes low-resolution, black-and-white images, which it transmits over Bluetooth to a phone or other nearby device. A small artificial intelligence model on the device then answers questions about the images within around a second. For privacy, all of the processing […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/22/university-of-washington-tiny-cameras-in-earbuds-let-users-talk-with-ai-about-what-they-see/ -
Carnegie Mellon University: CMU Researchers Use Earbuds to Monitor Heart Health. “Carnegie Mellon researchers have proven that widely available earbuds can double as heart-monitoring devices, capturing subtle cardiac activity with near-clinical accuracy and potentially expanding access to long-term, at-home care.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/12/carnegie-mellon-university-cmu-researchers-use-earbuds-to-monitor-heart-health/ -
Georgia Tech: New Mobile App Turns Phones into At-Home Fetal Heart Monitors. “Studies show that one in five pregnant women experiences perinatal anxiety, which is characterized by intense negative thoughts about their pregnancy. DopFone turns any smartphone speaker into a Doppler radar by emitting a low-pitched ultrasound and detecting reflected signals of abdominal surface vibrations caused by […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/20/georgia-tech-new-mobile-app-turns-phones-into-at-home-fetal-heart-monitors/ -
The Register: Passive RFIDs can now stream telemetry data from sensors. “The new standard makes it possible to stream data from sensors married to passive tags, by allocating a frequency channel to each device. When radio waves reaches a tag, the device wakes up and broadcasts the basic info it contains and then negotiates a clear channel on which to stream data.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/19/the-register-passive-rfids-can-now-stream-telemetry-data-from-sensors/ -
University of Central Florida: UCF Researcher Creates Novel Sensors for Smartphone-Based Health Monitoring . “Professor Debashis Chanda (right), working with researchers including physics doctoral student Mahdi Soudi (left), created a smartphone-based biosensor to improve infectious disease detection. The platform provides a faster, more affordable option for communities with limited access to […]
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The Register: Magician forgets password to his own hand after RFID chip implant. “It’s important to have your login in hand, literally. Zi Teng Wang, a magician who implanted an RFID chip in his appendage, has admitted losing access to it because he forgot the password.”
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Northeastern University: These ‘zero-power’ sensors could revolutionize consumer electronics. “Instead of relying on electricity, Zepsor’s sensors take advantage of infrared radiation — or heat — emitted from our bodies for power, explains Zhenyun Qian, a Northeastern University professor of electrical and computer engineering and the company’s chief technology officer.”
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Northern Arizona University: Understanding nature with old smartphones and new technology. “The National Science Foundation has awarded two grants to [Andrew] Richardson that will combine the widespread use of cellphones with an advanced image recognition program, helping researchers track these changes in a more timely and economical manner.”
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Notre Dame News: Collecting more than trash: Researchers equip local garbage trucks to gather data on urban heat island effect. “…urban heat islands, which disproportionately affect lower-income neighborhoods, increase air pollution and energy costs, as well as heat-related illnesses and deaths. To help identify — and ultimately mitigate — heat islands in South Bend, a team of University […]
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Snapshot Wisconsin: 10 Years and 100 Million Photos!. “…ten years later, Snapshot Wisconsin has accumulated over 2,000 trail cameras deployed across the entire state. In return of this immense effort, Snapshot has just reached a whopping 100 million photos collected, and still counting! To honor this celebration, we’ve assembled an interactive photo collection showcasing one photo from […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/28/snapshot-wisconsin-10-years-and-100-million-photos/
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The Register: Sacramento cops scoured energy records to target suspected weed growers, and the EFF has sued . “The Electronic Frontier Foundation has advanced a lawsuit in which it alleges the City of Sacramento misused energy records to accuse residents of growing cannabis, often with disastrous results.”
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KAIST: KAIST Succeeds in Real-Time Carbon Dioxide Monitoring Without Batteries or External Power. “The core of this new system is an ‘Inertia-driven Triboelectric Nanogenerator (TENG)’ that converts vibrations (with amplitudes ranging from 20-4000 ㎛ and frequencies from 0-300 Hz) generated by industrial equipment or pipelines into electricity. This enables periodic CO2 concentration […]
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University of Hawaii: UH launches real-time weather dashboard as Hawaiʻi Mesonet expands statewide. “A new real-time dashboard launched by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa offers public access to live weather data from nearly 70 monitoring stations across the state, marking a major milestone in the Hawaiʻi Mesonet project. The launch coincides with Wildfire Awareness Month and […]
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Route Fifty: PA House passes bill creating criminal offense for tracking device-based stalking. “Lawmakers in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass legislation that would make stalking using an Apple AirTag or other electronic tracking devices a misdemeanor offense under the state’s stalking statute as policymakers look to stem the growing misuse of such items.”
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Kingston University London: Affordable AI-powered air pollution sensors can revolutionise monitoring of air quality, research by Kingston University finds. “A new generation of roaming air pollution sensors, powered by artificial intelligence, can improve the accuracy of air quality measurements and better inform people about pollution levels in their area, a new Kingston University research […]
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Tom’s Hardware: Raspberry Pi and AI power open source smart city monitoring project. “If you’re planning to go out, it doesn’t hurt to take a look at the weather and traffic report for your area. But what if you could get even more specific? That’s where this cool Raspberry Pi project put together by maker and developer Glossyio comes in. Using our favorite SBC, they’ve crafted an AI-driven […]
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PetaPixel: Google Releases AI Model to Identify Wildlife Species in Trail Camera Images. “Google has released its AI model ‘SpeciesNet’ designed to identify animal species in trail camera photos to the public. In a blog post last week, Google announced the release of SpeciesNet, an open-source model which photographers and researchers can integrate into remote camera toolkit.”
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Nottingham Trent University: Washable touchless technology could ‘revolutionise’ electronic textiles. “A team of researchers from Nottingham Trent University, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (Germany) and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) has created washable and durable magnetic field sensing electronic textiles – thought to be the first of their kind – which they […]
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CBC: How ‘wearables for wildlife’ are unlocking the secret knowledge of animals. “A mini-cellphone on a goat’s ear. A little backpack on a bird. A Fitbit on a whale. Scientists have a range of cute descriptions for the technology in The Secret Knowledge of Animals, a documentary from The Nature of Things. But the data provided by these small tracking devices, placed on a range of species all […]
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Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology: Self-powered sensor can generate electricity and light simultaneously using only movement. “DGIST research teams have developed a self-powered sensor that uses motion and pressure to generate electricity and light simultaneously. This battery-free technology is expected to be used in various real-life applications, such as disaster rescue, […]
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Waste to wealth: Pomelo peel can be used for electricity generation and sensing devices. “Pomelo is a large citrus fruit commonly grown in Southeast and East Asia. It has a very thick peel, which is typically discarded, resulting in a considerable amount of food waste. In a new study, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers explore ways to […]