Abstract: In one aspect, a system of a live-stock carbon footprint assessment in an internet of things network tracking comprising: a plurality of asset trackers, wherein each asset tracker tracks one or more IoT assets and obtains a set of IoT data; one or more communications hubs; a base station; one or more communication networks; wherein each asset tracker is configured to be in communication with a base station and one or more of the communications hubs; a server computing device configured to be in communication with the one or more networks, wherein the server computing device is further configured to implement the following logic: periodically received sensor data from an attached live-stock carbon footprint tracker that is attached to a live-stock entity; and use the sensor data to calculate a livestock carbon footprint.

Abstract: A computerized method of an integrated microphone to monitor environmental conditions of battery-operated asset tracker comprising: integrating one or more microphones into each asset tracker of a cluster of asset trackers; using the one or more microphones to monitor an environmental condition of a battery-operated asset tracker; correlate a set of sound data received form the one or more microphones with another set of data from other sensors of each asset tracker of the cluster of asset trackers; using an IMU (Inertial Management Unit) to determine an orientation in space of each asset tracker; with the data of the one or more microphones and the orientation in space of each asset tracker, determining a direction of a sound in a proximity of the cluster of asset trackers; and providing a pre-learned machine learning sound identification model to identify a sound source of the sound.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method for detecting lithium polymer battery swell due to exposure to heat or battery aging comprising: integrating an integrated force sensor with a lithium polymer battery; monitoring a lithium polymer battery swell of the lithium polymer battery with the integrated force sensor; with the integrated force sensor, detecting the lithium polymer battery swell beyond a specific swelling threshold; and determining that the lithium polymer battery swell due to exposure to heat or battery aging.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for managing communications amongst mobile computing units. The invention includes location detection, three-dimensional proximity detection and alert systems for and amongst mobile units, through the utilization of low-power local communications protocols. The systems and methods minimize power consumption by the mobile units, and enable for robust, reconfigurable real-time location and asset tracking.