discussion / Emerging Tech  / 13 March 2025

Expert feedback wanted: Energy Harvesting

Hi,

We’re a research project working on energy-harvesting technology that makes animal wearables self-powered by using locomotion, heat and/or sunlight, and reduces reliance on battery replacements, potentially minimizing disturbance to animals and lowering research costs. We’d love to hear the community’s opinion on the potential applications of energy-harvesting collars or ear tags for wildlife monitoring & research. (Check out our papers: Electromagnetic; Triboelectric)

 

We're particularly interested in hearing from those who have: 

  • Experience with wildlife health, activity and location monitoring
  • Experience in developing or using wildlife tracking technologies
  • Researching animal physiology and behavior. 

 

Spare 2-3 minutes to give your opinion on a few questions regarding the topic: 
https://forms.office.com/e/6GJJgz38x0

 

Thank you in advance for your help.

Kind regards from the Kinect team,
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David Blažević
Tampere University 
Research Group of Electromechanics 
+358509119814
david.blazevic@tuni.fi
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9287-6146