Transient technology involves materials and devices that undergo controlled degradation
after a reliable operation period. This groundbreaking strategy offers significant advantages …

Using wind to disperse microfliers that fall like seeds and leaves can help automate large-
scale sensor deployments. Here, we present battery-free microfliers that can change shape …

The wearability of the flexible electronic skin (e-skin) allows it to attach to the skin for human
motion monitoring, which is essential for studying human motion and especially for …

Continuous and distributed monitoring of environmental parameters may pave the way for
developing sustainable strategies to tackle climate challenges. State-of-the-art technologies …

Aerial robots can autonomously collect temporal and spatial high‐resolution environmental
data. This data can be utilized to develop mathematical ecology models to understand the …

New devices inspired by flying seeds, or more technically by fruits with dispersal units, could
have a significant impact for environmental monitoring and aerial seeding. Among the …

Water plays an important role in the properties of cellulose. In materials design, the water
uptake of cellulose has been traditionally seen as a drawback, since water reduces …

Recent advances in passive flying systems inspired by wind-dispersed seeds contribute to
increasing interest in their use for remote sensing applications across large spatial domains …

Seed-inspired minimalist microflyers are showing potential as dispersal platforms for sensor
networks and seeds. Their function relies on the sheer number of low-cost flyers, inevitably …

Robotic systems show significant promise for water environmental sensing applications
such as water quality monitoring, pollution mapping and biodiversity data collection …