NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that beginning December 21 it will launch the trial operation of a network of environmental sensors that measure pollen, carbon dioxide (CO2), ultraviolet (UV) sunlight and other atmospheric conditions that can affect human health and
Monthly Archives: November 2009
November 27, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
DOCOMO to Launch Environmental Sensor Network Business
November 25, 2009 by Antonio Ruzzelli | No comments
Senior Researchers on Embedded Sensor Systems for Energy-Efficiency in Buildings
Excellent work opportunities with competitive salary for senior research scientists on embedded sensor networks available at the CLARITY centre, University College Dublin. Applicants should have at least 4 years of industry experience or 4 years academic experience following Masters degree
November 25, 2009 by Claro Noda | No comments
ISSNIP 2009 Program
The International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP) will be held December 7-10, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. Topics to be discussed include: visual sensor networks for elderly care, tele-collaboration opportunities of sensor-based networks, bio-inspired motion detection,
November 25, 2009 by Claro Noda | No comments
CFP SESENA 2010
A Workshop on Software Engineering for Sensor Network Applications (SESENA) will be held in conjunction with ACM/IEEE Intl. Conf. on Software Engineering (ICSE) on May 3, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa. Creating distributed sensor network applications is a challenging and
November 23, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Waspmote is released!
Libelium has officially launched today the Waspmote platform. The research efforts have focused on providing a minimum consumption (0.7 uA in the Hibernate mode), and at the same time, maximum performance and capabilities. Waspmote counts with seven different models of communication
November 20, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
A Central Nervous System for Earth: HP’s Ambitious Sensor Network
HP Labs has joined the race to build an infrastructure for the emerging Internet of Things. The giant computing and IT services company has announced a project that aims to be a “Central Nervous System for the Earth” (CeNSE). It’s a
November 18, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
6LoWPAN: The Wireless Embedded Internet
This book, by Zach Shelby and Carsten Bormann, gives the complete picture of 6LoWPAN technology in one place, including deployment examples and implementation aspects. It is aimed at experts in the field, engineering students and lecturers. An accompanying web-site is available
November 17, 2009 by Claro Noda | No comments
PhD Student Position Available
The CISTER/IPP-HURRAY Research Unit has a PhD call open to work in the area of Sensor Networks, Cyber Physical Systems, Multicore Systems, Adaptive RT Systems, and RT Software. The candidates should have a Bachelor, Licenciate, or MSc degree in Computer
November 17, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
University Research Concludes Real Time Location Systems Can Transform Hospitals
Results from the first multidisciplinary university study examining the impact of a Real Time Location System (RTLS) deployed throughout a hospital show that the technology for tracking mobile medical equipment is driving increased operational efficiency and saving hundreds of thousands
November 16, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
NASA turns iPhone into chemical sensor, can an App Store rejection be far away?
From Engadget: People have been trying to turn cellphones into medical and atmospheric scanners for some time now, but when it’s NASA stepping up to the plate with a little device to monitor trace amounts of chemicals in the air, it’s
