Smart Multi-Sensory Ball for Water Quality Monitoring

Electronic sensors and wireless communications have enabled a long-distance and real-time monitoring of water quality. In this paper, we present a smart multi-sensory device, remotely measuring and monitoring physical parameters of the water in real time. The proposed device is a 10 cm-diameter enclosure, consisting of an embedded battery, a voltage regulator, an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), and a communication chip with the 3D-printing cases. This smart multi-sensory enclosure or smart "ball" can successfully communicate with a personal computer in the real-time via wireless communication. Finally, the collected data can be directly displayed and post-processed to show real-time changes in the parameters.