In general, asset tracking or logistical management with RFID is very similar to applications in wireless sensor control networks. However, RFID and sensors use wireless connectivity differently. Wireless sensor networks use small, inexpensive, wireless transceivers integrated into compact sensors that
Monthly Archives: November 2008
November 17, 2008 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Grape Networks, MEMS Based Wireless Sensor Networks
Grape Networks, Inc. is a Wireless Sensor Networking company which incorporates Sensor Networks, GIS, DBMS and MEMS sensors in its platform. With Grape Networks’ management platform, the Environment, Water and the Micro Climate are monitored anywhere in the World
November 14, 2008 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Jennic Enables First Wireless Sensor Network in Major City of London School Installation
Jennic announces the successful implementation and installation of the first phase of a wireless control network using a Jennic solution. It is designed to help the City of London improve control of the heating system in its renowned School for
November 12, 2008 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Solar Panel for Your Sun SPOT
Connecting a solar panel to a Sun SPOT to provide power to a SPOT installed in the jungle. The video is available here.
November 12, 2008 by Antonio Ruzzelli | No comments
Making Sensor Networks And Radar Arrays More Energy-Efficient
Bethlehem, PA — Since when has censorship become a green activity? Since Rick Blum and other experts in signal processing began seeking to make sensor networks and radar arrays more energy-efficient. Sensor networks, says Blum, the Robert W. Wieseman Chair
November 11, 2008 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
The net shapes up to get physical
Most people, if they bother to think about it at all, probably view the internet as an agent of profound change. In the 15 years since Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web, the life of almost everyone in the
November 11, 2008 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
New Software for Arch Rock’s PhyNet Wireless Sensor Network Targets Providers of Monitoring Services
A new version of software for Arch Rock’s IP-based PhyNet wireless sensor network (WSN) platform enables companies that provide sensor-based monitoring and management services to build large-scale, multi-customer WSNs that securely reach across customer firewalls to access and centrally manage
November 10, 2008 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
New ‘super sensors’ available soon
The first commercially manufactured versions of the CSIRO-designed environmental and industrial sensor platform, FLECK, will be available in early 2009. The technology promises to open new opportunities for gathering information that will lead to productivity gains in a wide range
November 06, 2008 by Antonio Ruzzelli | No comments
RF Code Announces Wireless Environmental Monitoring Solution
AUSTIN, Texas & DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RF Code, Inc. , a leader in automating physical asset management using RFID enabled solutions, today announced the availability of a wireless environmental monitoring solution that provides real-time information about the temperature and humidity conditions surrounding IT
November 06, 2008 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
The Internet of Things
Now, the European Union has announced that it will pursue the main component of Web 3.0, the Internet of Things (IoT). According to Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media for the EU, “The Internet of the future will radically change
