A Chinese developed Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) system to safeguard World Expo 2010 was now on broad, a professor told the launching ceremony for the system at Jiao Tong University yesterday.

The Wenhui Daily reported that the project, headed by well-known scientist Professor Ni Mingxuan of Jiao Tong University, was the first national key project — also known as a 973 project — in the city’s information industry which was led by a university or research body.

Sources said the WSN model system would be widely used in the World Expo Site during the 184-day event in 2010.

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A soldier in an underground tunnel in downtown Baghdad searches for an injured member of his company. By hooking up with a secure wireless network via his personal data assistant, he picks up the signal of a wireless sensor on the soldier’s body. Once located, the searcher switches over to a portable ultrasound, allowing him to scan for injuries and send the results to a clinic before the injured soldier arrives.

Consider this a preview to what Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers hope will become a reality. While WPI’s Bioengineering Institute (BEI) is busy establishing its new headquarters in Gateway Park, the Institute’s Center for Untethered Healthcare and Center for Neuroprosthetics and BioMEMS have been winning grants to bring their products closer to market.

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