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Revealing the hidden lives of underground animals using magneto-inductive tracking

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Conventional RF based methods of localization are unsuitable for underground tracking because electromagnetic waves are severely attenuated by soil and moisture. We propose a novel method of localization, namely magneto-inductive localization, that allows positioning and mapping through soil, describe its application for tracking wild European Badgers within their burrows, and present a rigorous empirical evaluation from a two-month deployment. This paper won the best presentation award. The work led to media coverage (BBC, Wired), four global patent applications, an EPSRC cross-disciplinary postdoctoral fellowship for Markham, UCSF seed funding to develop a prototype, and a potential spinout company.