In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) the week of August 18, the MIT team describes assembling and successfully testing two of the three key components of a battery. A complete battery is on its way. “To
Monthly Archives: August 2008
August 27, 2008 by Claro Noda | No comments
Sentilla Software Suite for Mac OS X, General Availability
Have you been willing to program your motes on a Mac Book Air? If so, this seems like your go! go! time with the Perk kit. The new release of the Sentilla Suite for OS X features: Full Java compliance
August 27, 2008 by Antonio Ruzzelli | No comments
Release of TinyOS Eclipse Plugin “YETI 2″
The Distributed Computing Group at ETH Zurich has made a beta version of its Eclipse Plugin for TinyOS 2.x public. The new plugin supports real time error detection, code completion, navigation within source files, and flashing from within Eclipse. An
August 26, 2008 by Claro Noda | No comments
Build and Share Java Projects at Sentilla Labs
Sentilla has launched Sentilla Labs. A new website that showcases different applications that Java developers are building with their products. It currently has a dozen cool projects. Say for example Gmail in Mote Form… have the 8 leds on your
August 26, 2008 by Tiago Camilo | No comments
TinyOS 2.1.0 released
The TinyOS Alliance is happy to announce the release of TinyOS 2.1. Version 2.1 incorporates many new features and improvements, including optional run-time memory safety and a threads package, as well as support for the iris and shimmer platform, improved
August 25, 2008 by Antonio Ruzzelli | No comments
Wireless Sensors Learn From Life
European and Indian researchers are applying principles learned from living organisms to design self-organising networks of wireless sensors suitable for a wide range of environmental monitoring purposes. Monsoon rains in the Indian state of Kerala often bring increased risk of
August 22, 2008 by Antonio Ruzzelli | No comments
IPv6 gets a workout at Olympics
P Version 6 (IPv6) is making its international debut at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, being deployed throughout Olympic Park in several operational systems. An IPv6-based video surveillance system is operating at 58 Olympic facilities, including arenas and stadiums across Olympic
August 14, 2008 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Networks of the Future: Extending Our Senses into the Physical Worl
The picture of a future with wireless sensor networks-webs of sensory devices that function without a central infrastructure–is quickly coming into sharper focus through the work of Los Alamos National Laboratory computer scientist Sami Ayyorgun. Proponents of this new technology
August 14, 2008 by Antonio Ruzzelli | 2 Comments
Is Home Automation The New Green Choice?
According to various reports, home automation control systems such as Control4 or Clipsal C-Bus are not only becoming a necessary amenity in any high-end home, but it seems they have also become the new weapon in the war to fight
August 12, 2008 by Marco Zennaro | 1 Comment
Paper: Censor Networks, A Critique of “Sensor Networks” from a Systems Perspective
In this paper Bhaskaran Raman and Kameswari Chebrolu from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, present a critique of the field of WSN. They say that literature in this domain falls into two main, distinct categories: (1) algorithms or protocols, and
