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Sensors Gone Wild

Posted by timothy on from the ubiquity-is-everywhere dept.

tulanian writes "forbes.com has an interesting article on networked, intelligent sensors. It mentions an experiment done by DARPA where several dozen magnetic sensors were scattered along a road and passing vehicles could be identified by their magnetic signatures."

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  1. 1984? by GimmeFuel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Big Magnet is watching you...

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  2. I had an idea for a cool project.. by Frank+of+Earth · · Score: 5, Funny

    basically hook up two wireless network cameras that would point to the street outside my house.

    They would run motion detection software that would basically write to a database when it detected movement. By measuring the time between the two motion captures and knowing the difference in length between the cameras, I could calculate how fast people drive by my house.

    By going to my homepage, you would see something like:
    Last car went by at: 07:05:30 am
    It was going 38.9mph. 3.9 over the speed limit!

    Anyways, until the price of wireless network cams come down, I guess it's just a thought.

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  3. later on the nature channel by nounderscores · · Score: 5, Funny

    When Sensors Attack!

    Be amazed by real live footage of sensors watching other sensors!

    Be captivated by the secret sensor mating ritual!
    (mount, fsck, unmount!)

    Laugh at sensors hopping around the battle field like little metal frogs.

    Be horrified by real live footage of sensors mauling some guy who sprayed himself with sensor musk!