Lightweight robo-coat for sea creatures could track habits without interfering – TechCrunch

Tracking sea animals is a difficult task for many reasons, not least of which is the robustness necessary for any device to survive longer than a few weeks of water torture. The clunky solutions currently used to watch whales and other creatures might soon have a more lightweight competitor: this flexible, inexpensive “marine skin.” Developed by researchers at King Abdullah University of Science