Biodegradable sensors. Self-organizing networks. Zero batteries.
Narwhal creates biodegradable underwater environmental sensors from compressed palm-leaf cellulose. Using ant-colony-inspired molecular signaling, our sensors form self-organizing networks that detect pH, temperature, and pollutants—communicating through chemical trails like pheromones.
START MONITORING →A marine researcher drops 50 palm-leaf sensors into a damaged reef. Within hours, they watch on their phone as a colorful heatmap emerges, showing precisely where acidification is killing coral—the sensors have self-organized into a distributed sensing network, with each one relaying data through molecular signaling paths that ants would envy, all while knowing these sensors will harmlessly biodegrade into fish food after 6 months.
50 biodegradable sensors
Perfect for pilot projects and small research initiatives.
Annual monitoring program
For research institutes managing coastal programs.
Every 6 months
Fresh sensors when old ones biodegrade.