Over the last few decades, wearable electronics have become more common. While one major benefit of these wearable sensors is the low level of user discomfort, another important aspect is the scope ...
Major power outages like the ones which affected the New York state last month or Western Europe ten days ago are becoming more frequent -- even if their causes were different. In some cases, the ...
Wireless sensors have become ubiquitous in modern society, found in everything from RFID tags to GPS tracking systems, automatic meter reading (AMR/AMI), mesh networks, system control and data ...
Gaetano Borriello at U. Washington; Intel, Small embedded computers and communications protocols; Deborah Estrin at U. California, Los Angeles, Networking, middleware, data handling, and hardware for ...
Short-range wireless sensors are experiencing rapid growth in wide range of applications: RFID to GPS tracking, traditional automatic meter reading (AMR) plus advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), ...
Engineers have developed experimental stickers that pick up physiological signals emanating from the skin, then wirelessly beam these health readings to a receiver clipped onto clothing. It's all part ...
In the real world, we have buildings, lamp posts, the breeze. In the virtual one, there's an amount of data from devices like cellular phones, video games and surveillance cameras. To Ashok Sukumaran, ...
In restaurants such as YOSHINOYA, various initiatives are underway to maintain and enhance food quality, including the management of cooking data and the optimization of the processes. The “NICK” is ...