From On the Internet of Things blog: Sensinode recently announced support for the next-generation CC2530 radio chip from Texas Instruments. This new chip is an exciting development on the SoC front, and compliments the general industry trend towards SoC radio
Monthly Archives: May 2009
May 29, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | 1 Comment
PhD Students in Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks
What they are asking for: You should have completed or are about to graduate with a Masters degree in computer science or computer engineering. You need to have a priory knowledge about distributed systems and wireless sensor networks in general
May 29, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
USC focuses on finding bridge damage
Researchers at the University of South Carolina are using $4 million in federal grant money to develop a specialized sensor that can detect bridge damage, the school announced Thursday. Paul Ziehl, an associate professor at the university’s Department of Civil
May 29, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
We’re back!
Sorry, we have offline a couple of days due to a denail of service attack. As our hosting service Dreamhost wrote us: It appears your site wsnblog.com is currently experiencing a heavy denial of service attack which is causing extremely
May 25, 2009 by Antonio Ruzzelli | No comments
Wireless Sensors Will Transform Oil And Gas Automation
As morning coffee drinkers know, getting too wired can reduce productivity. The same is true for sensor systems in drilling rigs, gas plants, and many other processes. Running wire is always an expense, and sometimes very difficult to achieve. The
May 25, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | 2 Comments
Real Time Noise and Air Quality Monitoring Over Mobile Internet
Air pollution is one of the number one factors that affect our quality of life and health. Currently, pollutants are measured at different stations in a city and that data is aggregated to a single number (the air quality index)
May 25, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
eKo network at NRS reserves pioneer new ways to observe Earth!
From Crossbow’s blog: Crossbow’s revolutionary eKo system was featured in the Spring/Summer Edition of Transect. The main article focuses on the implementation of sensor networks for observation. The eKo system is being used to monitor the microclimates of the various wetlands at the Blue
May 18, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
CC2420 Power Consumption Measurements on the SPOTs
Interesting post on measuring power consumption of the CC2420 used by SunSPOTs. You can find it here.
May 14, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | 1 Comment
New website on WSN Security
From the WSN Security website editors: The main idea behind the WSN Security website is to keep a list of any work related to Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) security that has been published in journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, theses, book chapters,
May 14, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
CSIRO deploys wireless FLECK sensor nodes to monitor water catchment
CSIRO has partnered with SEQWater to monitor the Lake Wivenhoe catchment in Queensland using 120 nodes powered by CSIRO’s FLECK smart wireless sensor network technology. According to CSIRO, the FLECK sensors could be the platform for the next generation of
