Right now, there are hundreds of millions of cell phones in use around the world. According to UC Berkeley computer science graduate student R.J. Honicky, the ubiquity of those devices could be leveraged to help reduce pollution, fight disease, and
Monthly Archives: May 2006
May 19, 2006 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Warm Watts for Wireless
A tiny new generator that produces electricity from small variations in temperature could turn people into power packs for medical implants and clear the way for complex wireless monitoring systems. Makers of tiny wireless sensors used for tracking vital signs
May 19, 2006 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
MSc in Wireless Sensor Networks
The School of Engineering, Design and Technology (EDT) at the University of Bradford is launching a new full-time master of science degree programme in wireless sensor networks – the first of its kind in the UK. The programme has been
May 18, 2006 by Marco Zennaro | 2 Comments
Wiki on WSN
A very interesting Wiki on Wireless Sensor Networks is available at the website of the Telecommunication Networks Group, Technical University of Berlin. It contains lots of resources, tutorials and descriptions of projects. The Wiki is available here.
May 17, 2006 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Jennic offers ZigBee design kit on website
Jennic is offering on its website a ZigBee network stack object library and all associated support including user guides, programming and reference manuals, and application notes. The ZigBee network stack available on the web site can be evaluated on Jennic’s
May 17, 2006 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Wireless Sensor Network on an Active Volcano
A paper on “Deploying a Wireless Sensor Network on an Active Volcano”, by Geoff Werner-Allen, Konrad Lorincz, Mario Ruiz, Omar Marcillo, Jeff Johnson, Jonathan Lees, and Matt Welsh, has been published in the IEEE Internet Computing, Special Issue on Data-Driven
May 15, 2006 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Crossbow and Honeywell Collaborate to Bring Customers New, Innovative Wireless Sensing Products
Honeywell Sensing and Control business (S&C) is enabling its portfolio of sensors for integration into wireless sensor networks by incorporating Crossbow’s wireless sensor networks platform into its XBW product line. Because hard-wired, traditional control or sensing applications can be difficult
May 15, 2006 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
CiteULike
CiteULike is a free service to help academics to share, store, and organise the academic papers they are reading. When you see a paper on the web that interests you, you can click one button and have it added to
May 15, 2006 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Call for Papers: EWSN 2007
EWSN 2007, the European conference on Wireless Sensor Networks, is the fourth of a series of annual meetings focusing on the latest research in the rapidly growing area of wireless sensor networks. EWSN 2007 will be held at Delft University
May 13, 2006 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Wsn at ICTD 2006
A paper on ” COMMON-Sense Net: Improved Water Management for Resource-Poor Farmers via Sensor Networks”, by Jacques Panchard, Seshagiri Rao, Prabhakar T.V, H.S. Jamadagni and Jean-Pierre Hubaux, will be presented at the ICTD 2006 conference in Berkeley, USA, May 25
