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  1. The tremendous potentials of sensing and communication technologies have been explored and implemented for different remote event monitoring applications over the last two decades. However, the applicability of sensing and communication technologies are not necessarily limited to above-ground environments, but also implementable and applicable for subterranean, underground scenarios. However, as opposed to air medium, underground communication medium is very harsh due to the presence of heterogeneous underground materials along with underground aqueous components. In this paper, we provide a technical overview of different underground wireless communication technologies, namely radio, acoustic, magnetic and visible light, along with their potentials and challenges for several underground applications. We also lay out a detailed comparison among these technologies along with their pros and cons using detailed experimental results. 
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  2. Sensing and communication technology has been used successfully in various event monitoring applications over the last two decades, especially in places where long-term manual monitoring is infeasible. However, the major applicability of this technology was mostly limited to terrestrial environments. On the other hand, underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) opens a new space for the remote monitoring of underwater species and faunas, along with communicating with underwater vehicles, submarines, and so on. However, as opposed to terrestrial radio communication, underwater environment brings new challenges for reliable communication due to the high conductivity of the aqueous medium which leads to major signal absorption. In this paper, we provide a detailed technical overview of different underwater communication technologies, namely acoustic, magnetic, and visual light, along with their potentials and challenges in submarine environments. Detailed comparison among these technologies have also been laid out along with their pros and cons using real experimental results. 
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  3. Tiny batteryless sensors are desirable since they create negligible impacts on the operation of the system being monitored or the surrounding environment. Wireless energy transfer for batteryless sensors is challenging since they cannot cooperate with the charger due to the lack of energy. In this paper, a Magnetic Blind Beamforming (MagBB) algorithm is developed for wireless energy transfer for batteryless sensors in inhomogeneous media. Batteryless sensors with randomly orientated coils may experience significant orientation losses and they may not receive any energy from the charger. MagBB uses a set of optimized current vectors to generate rotating magnetic fields which can ensure that coils on batteryless sensors with arbitrary orientations can receive sufficient voltages for charging. It does not require any information regarding the batteryless sensor's coil orientation or location. The efficiency of MagBB is proven by extensive numerical simulations. 
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