Zero Power Wireless Sensors refers to the use of energy harvesting technologies to power the sensor nodes, as used in a recent White Paper (WP) from Cymbet, a leader in thin film battery technology and energy harvesting power management solutions.
Monthly Archives: August 2009
August 12, 2009 by Claro Noda | No comments
Timeless Wireless?
Hundreds of millions of remote wireless devices are in use worldwide in applications ranging from RFID and GPS tracking systems, to automatic meter reading (AMR), mesh networks, smart power grids, system control and data acquisition (SCADA), data loggers, measurement while
August 12, 2009 by Antonio Ruzzelli | No comments
‘The Internet of Things’ now includes a human heart
With the news that an American woman has received a pacemaker with a wireless connection to the Internet, the so-called “Internet of Things” has taken on a new dimension. Reuters reported this week that a 61-year-old woman became the first
August 11, 2009 by Claro Noda | No comments
NI to Introduce WSN Platform
National Instruments (NI) just announced yet another WSN platform, their solution consists of NI LabView graphical programming software and new low-power wireless measurement nodes. The NIWeek demonstration showed wireless temperature measurement and how setup and visualization happens almost immediately using
August 08, 2009 by Antonio Ruzzelli | No comments
Wireless Sensor Networks Under Fire
Researchers at the University of Corsica off the coast of France released information regarding development efforts they have been conducting dealing with using wireless sensor networks as a reliable solution for capturing the kinematics of a fire front spreading over
August 04, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
802.15.4/ZigBee Compatibility Program
The WSN Spanish Consortium, Redsens, has launched a “IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee Compatibility Program” to study the interoperability among the different transceivers which can be bought in the market. Both semiconductor and modules manufacturers releases will be studied in order to see
August 02, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN 2010)
As the field of wireless sensor networks matures, new design concepts,experimental and theoretical findings, and applications have continued to emerge at a rapid pace. As one of the leading international conferences in this area, the European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks
