Now even the turtle is addicted to wireless technologies. Using a solar-powered GPS and WiFi, University of Massachusetts researchers have created TurtleNet: the world’s first all-turtle network. Used to track movement patterns of endangered snapping turtles, TurtleNet relies upon periodic
Monthly Archives: July 2007
July 07, 2007 by Claro Noda | No comments
WSN are making buildings green
A recent ON WORLD report “WSN for Smart Buildings” declares this technology’s clean and inexpensive system deployments will result in more buildings using less energy, needing less maintenance, and producing lower carbon emissions. It forecasts global revenues for WSN commercial
July 06, 2007 by Marco Zennaro | 1 Comment
Summer School on Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks
The Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland, is organizing a Summer School on Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks, from September 10th to the 14th. The goal of this summer school is to: - survey the most relevant research domains -
July 05, 2007 by Claro Noda | No comments
The core TinyOS WG willing to collaborate and interact with the larger TinyOS community
Quoting Philip Levis, who coordinates the WG efforts: “..Historically, the WG list has been closed only to members, with non-members being able to read the archives online. A few weeks ago, the WG decided that it would be better if
July 05, 2007 by Claro Noda | No comments
Ambient has received the ‘Van den Kroonenberg Award’
Ambient, the Dutch company innovating with WSN products, has received the prestigious Dutch award for Young Entrepreneurship. ” ..for their innovative products, which are based on years of highly innovative research and development”. With offices located in the Business &
July 05, 2007 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Cellular Phone controlling Bluetooth-enabled SPOTs
SPOT World has been ported to run on a cell phone and uses a Sun SPOT connected to a Bluetooth module to act as a base station proxy to the world. A video of all this working is available here:
July 03, 2007 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Jennic Announces ZigBee Starter Kit for Under $200
ennic Ltd. has announced a new starter kit for under $200 to address the needs of developers who want to add IEEE802.15.4 and ZigBee wireless connectivity to their product ranges but have little or no RF design or software development
