Using Flying Insects to Drop Sensors

TBMG-53224

06/01/2025

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Researchers have created a 98-milligram sensor system — about one tenth the weight of a jellybean or less than one-hundredth of an ounce — that can ride aboard a small drone or an insect, such as a moth, until it gets to its destination. Then, when a researcher sends a Bluetooth command, the sensor is released from its perch and can fall up to 72 feet — from about the sixth floor of a building — and land without breaking. Once on the ground, the sensor can collect data, such as temperature or humidity, for almost three years.

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"Using Flying Insects to Drop Sensors," Mobility Engineering, June 1, 2025.
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Jun 01
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TBMG-53224
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English