Demo: Enabling Battery-Free Wireless Underwater Imaging
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Jack Rademacher, Waleed Akbar, Sayed Saad Afzal, Osvy Rodriguez, Nazish Naeem, Purui Wang, Mario Doumet, Unsoo Ha, Reza Ghaffarivardavagh, Fadel AdibAuthors Info & Claims
Jack Rademacher, Waleed Akbar, Sayed Saad Afzal, Osvy Rodriguez, Nazish Naeem, Purui Wang, Mario Doumet, Unsoo Ha, Reza Ghaffarivardavagh, Fadel AdibAuthors Info & ClaimsArticle No.: 32, Pages 1 - 2
Abstract
This demo presents a system for real-time wireless imaging of underwater environments using a fully-submerged battery-free camera. The camera powers up from harvested acoustic energy, captures images using an ultra-low-power image sensor, and communicates wirelessly using piezo-acoustic backscatter. A demo video of the battery-free camera can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyVZ1ll6_qY
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WUWNet'22: The 16th International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems
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