Sensing technologies have made rapid inroads in industrial and commercial deployments. Their penetration in Industry 4.0 in the past few decades is spurred by data-driven operations in the ...

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 ...

Researchers in Drexel University’s College of Engineering have developed a solar-powered, wireless sensor system that can continually monitor bridge deformation and could be used to alert authorities ...

Since manufacturers rely on various critical equipment, they often cannot effectively monitor each one. Major technical issues ensue if a problem goes undetected for long enough, making unplanned ...

The landscape of distributed sensors and the growing demand for higher fidelity data in industrial, in-building, facility management, and for customer/audience analytics have been steadily growing and ...

Crystal Instruments launches the Ruby Wireless Sensor, high-precision vibration monitoring with 36-month battery life and ...

The wiring harness in modern vehicles can stretch more than two miles and weigh as much as 125 lbs., so any technology that can help reduce this increasingly heavy and complex component in new ...

If you want to monitor the temperature, humidity and exposure over 100 square miles of forest, you’re going to spend a lot of time tying tech trees. But what if you could scatter your sensors the same ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

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