smart sensors and the environment
Further reading
No. 132, 2006, page 7
Running a smart farm
Reports on Australian research into the use of wireless sensor networks on farms.
24 May 2008, page 26
Quirk of sea air provides video link to protected reef (by Rachel Nowak)
Describes a novel system of transmitting data from reef sensors.
21 February 2008
Big Brother bird watching boosts ecology (by Tom Simonite)
Covers the proposed use of wireless sensor networks to study sea bird colonies.
15 October 2007
Wireless body sensing (by Justin Mullins)
Reports on development of technology to monitor patients using wireless sensor networks.
23 October 2006
Intelligent sensors watch for impending floods (by Tom Simonite)
Outlines the use of intelligent sensors for the prediction of floods.
25 February 2006, page 27
Watering crops in the wireless age
Announces an Australian trial using wireless sensor networks to help manage water use on farms.
25 October 2005, page 29
Wired reef to spot polluters
Describes the use of sensor networks to monitor pollution flowing into the Great Barrier Reef.
23 August 2003, pages 26-31
March of the motes (by Anil Ananthaswamy)
Describes development of smart dust technology and its applications.
April 2010, pages 56-61
The rise of instant wireless networks (by Michelle Effros, Andrea Goldsmith and Muriel Médard)
Describes ad-hoc wireless networks, their applications and challenges.
20 March 2008
Rainforest climate change sensor station goes Wi-Fi (by Larry Greenemeier)
Outlines wireless data collection in Costa Rica's La Selva rainforest.
June 2004, pages 53-59
Smart sensors to network the world (by David E. Culler and Hans Mulder)
Reviews intelligent sensor technology and applications.
July/August 2003
Casting the wireless sensor net (by Gregory T. Huang)
Reviews intelligent sensor network technology and challenges.
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