MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641084149 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai on July 08, 2026, for Environmental Monitoring System And Method Thereof Using Fungal Hyphal Networks.
Inventors include Sahaya Beni Prathiba; Yuvan Shankar Babu K; Kalyanasundaram V; and Keerthi Aj.
The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.
Abstract: An environmental monitoring system (100) may include a plurality of bio-hybrid fungal sensing nodes (102) deployable within a soil (202) medium, each node (102) including a fungal hyphal network (104) to generate electrical responses including at least one of bioelectric signals or signals derived from bioluminescent activity in response to environmental conditions. A plurality of biodegradable microelectrodes (106) operatively coupled to the fungal hyphal network (104) to capture generated electrical responses. A signal acquisition unit (108) may detect, condition, and convert the captured electrical responses into digital data. A self-sustaining energy unit (112) may generate electrical energy and supply power to system (100) components. A wireless communication unit (114) may enable multi-hop mesh transmission of the digital data. A processing unit (110) implemented locally or at a gateway (118) may process digital data to decode biosignals and determine environmental parameters including soil health mapping, carbon tracking, and predictive ecosystem analysis.
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