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SmartDust Sensorwebs 'Real Soon Now'

Posted by michael on from the all-we-are-is-dust-in-the-wind dept.

DeAshcroft writes "EE Times has a piece on progress with the four-year-old DARPA-conceived Smart Dust self-organizing sensor networks. Based on Berkeley's TinyOS and TinyDB open-source projects, the article reports several companies are demonstrating both military and civilian applications. Ars Technica adds background and commentary on issues not discussed in the EET article."

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  1. Moderating by mericet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We should really have something like a '-1 paranoid', or should that be +1? Can't be sure these days.

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