From IEEE Spectrum online: Sensors are starting to prove themselves in the biggest, most complex bridges, but the technology isn’t ready for the hundreds of thousands of smaller ones The 2.9-kilometer Rion-Antirion Bridge in Greece, with its 300 sensors, is
Monthly Archives: April 2009
April 28, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Despite Stimulus Money, Most U.S. Bridges Might Stay Dumb
April 27, 2009 by Antonio Ruzzelli | No comments
ZigBee Alliance Plans Further Integration of Internet Protocol Standards
World’s leading low-power wireless networking standard adds new specification featuring seamless integration with global IT networks to portfolio SAN RAMON, Calif., April 27 /PRNewswire/ — The ZigBee Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating standardized wireless solutions for use in
April 22, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Sun SPOT Robot Simulation
From Roger Meike’s blog: The upcoming release of Sun SPOT software (Red v5.0) will feature a new robotics simulator built into to Solarium. It allows you to use virtual Sun SPOTs to program virtual robots using the Sun SPOT Java
April 16, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | 2 Comments
Man Builds Chair That Tweets His Farts, Single-Handedly Justifies Twitter’s Existence
From Gizmodo, here is an article about the usefulness of WSN: You know those guys (and gals?) who are just, like, super proud of their farts? Thanks to this cool guy and Twitter, these assholes can indulge their disgusting habit without wrecking
April 13, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | 2 Comments
Towards the WOT Manifesto
From The Web of Things: WOT is not a technology. It is not a standard either. WOT is a vision and a community. This is maybe the most important aspect of WOT. We tend to radically position our work on
April 13, 2009 by Antonio Ruzzelli | No comments
When Sensors and Social Networks Mix
The integration of sensors with social networks will lead to real-time data and more useful web apps. In recent posts we reviewed an MIT experiment called WikiCity, that gathered real-time location data from mobile phones in Rome and graphically mapped
April 08, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | 1 Comment
WASP – A Programming Language For Wireless Sensors All Scientists Can Use
A new, simpler programming language for wireless sensor networks, written with the novice programmer in mind, can be used by geologists for monitoring volcanoes and biologists who rely on them to understand birds’ nesting behaviors. Finding an embedded systems expert to
April 07, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Green Growth: It’s In the Wireless Networks
At CTIA, one of the biggest telecom industry conferences, former vice president-turned-cleantech-investor Al Gore told wireless executives in the audience last Friday that wireless technology will be one of the key tools used to fight climate change: “This is one of
April 06, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Wireless Sensing Showcase 2009
Building on last year’s successful event, the Wireless Sensing Interest Group (WiSIG) of the Sensors & Instrumentation Knowledge Transfer Network (SIKTN) is organising a Demonstrator Showcase to provide an opportunity for industry and academia to display technology, platforms, and realistic
