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New wildlife GPS tracker uses kinetic energy for power
- ck2 3y agoPaper with diagrams: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0285930 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... PDF https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0285930&type=printable https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/jo... If prototype can do one ping per day, imagine 2nd or 3rd generation doing once per hour. The "Kinefox" Kinetron MSG.32 looks absolutely fascinating. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/figure?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0285930.g002 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/figure?id=10.1371/...
- arprocter 3y agoSounds similar to a Seiko Kinetic watch (uses the rotor to charge a battery) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_quartz#Seiko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_quartz#Seiko
- jonaias 3y agoRepository with Hardware/Firmware/Backend: https://github.com/TroelsG/Kinefox https://github.com/TroelsG/Kinefox