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| {{attachment:Monarch.jpg|Monarch|width="400"}}{{attachment:Dragonfly.jpg|Dragonfly|width="400"}} == Biopowered GPS insect tracking == Dragonflies and monarch butterflies migrate thousands of miles, from Wisconsin to Mexico. This project will explore biopower options for satellite and cell phone microdevices for long distance tracking of insects. See: Levett, S & Walls, S. 2011. Tracking the elusive life of the Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Leach. Journal of the British Dragonfly Society 27: 59-68. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130807094601.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29 http://www.flightofthebutterflies.com/epic-migrations/ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131028162959.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29 Commercial telemetry via satellite or mobile phone network!! http://www.sparkfun.com/news/415 http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2006/11/ http://www.telemetrysolutions.com/track-wildlife/gps-for-small-birds.php http://www.wildlifecomputers.com/splash.aspx http://www.lotek.com/satellite.htm http://www.microwavetelemetry.com/ http://www.msi.govt.nz/update-me/success-stories/research/bird-tracking-goes-high-tech/ http://www.biotrack.co.uk/ Dragonflies: Nature's drone, pretty and deadly:http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/science/dragonflies-natures-deadly-drone-but-prettier.html?_r=0 Bees http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/projects/tracking-animal-migration/#/bee-on-pink-flowers_25905_600x450.jpg, http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CFIQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biodiversity.ox.ac.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F10%2FInsect_Telemetry_KisslingEtAl_FINAL_AMENDED.pdf&ei=A5dUUtWcMMLW2AX2y4HICA&usg=AFQjCNHXeJtLWl54i_qBynugPGNJZhqLIw&bvm=bv.53760139,d.b2I&cad=rja http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1279226 Insect telemetry circuit design http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CFkQFjAJ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwserver.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu%2FgReprints%2F366.pdf&ei=d5hUUt-lB-Ll4AOM9oDIDw&usg=AFQjCNGVqH92fahQSHJD6DyAFhkYG_Edgw&bvm=bv.53537100,d.dmg&cad=rja LOTEK dragonfly tracking http://www.lotek.com/radio-tracking-an-emperor-dragonfly.htm How one might biopower such things: Mechanical Energy Scavaging from Flying Insects: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/najafi/files/mechanicalenergy.pdf http://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/408481 Add your name here to participate: * Duncan Carlsmith |
Biopowered GPS insect tracking
Dragonflies and monarch butterflies migrate thousands of miles, from Wisconsin to Mexico. This project will explore biopower options for satellite and cell phone microdevices for long distance tracking of insects.
See: Levett, S & Walls, S. 2011. Tracking the elusive life of the Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Leach. Journal of the British Dragonfly Society 27: 59-68.
http://www.flightofthebutterflies.com/epic-migrations/
Commercial telemetry via satellite or mobile phone network!! http://www.sparkfun.com/news/415
http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2006/11/
http://www.telemetrysolutions.com/track-wildlife/gps-for-small-birds.php
http://www.wildlifecomputers.com/splash.aspx
http://www.lotek.com/satellite.htm
http://www.microwavetelemetry.com/
http://www.msi.govt.nz/update-me/success-stories/research/bird-tracking-goes-high-tech/
Dragonflies: Nature's drone, pretty and deadly:http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/science/dragonflies-natures-deadly-drone-but-prettier.html?_r=0
Bees http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/projects/tracking-animal-migration/#/bee-on-pink-flowers_25905_600x450.jpg, http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CFIQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biodiversity.ox.ac.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F10%2FInsect_Telemetry_KisslingEtAl_FINAL_AMENDED.pdf&ei=A5dUUtWcMMLW2AX2y4HICA&usg=AFQjCNHXeJtLWl54i_qBynugPGNJZhqLIw&bvm=bv.53760139,d.b2I&cad=rja
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1279226
Insect telemetry circuit design http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CFkQFjAJ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwserver.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu%2FgReprints%2F366.pdf&ei=d5hUUt-lB-Ll4AOM9oDIDw&usg=AFQjCNGVqH92fahQSHJD6DyAFhkYG_Edgw&bvm=bv.53537100,d.dmg&cad=rja
LOTEK dragonfly tracking http://www.lotek.com/radio-tracking-an-emperor-dragonfly.htm
How one might biopower such things:
Mechanical Energy Scavaging from Flying Insects: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/najafi/files/mechanicalenergy.pdf
http://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/408481
Add your name here to participate:
- Duncan Carlsmith