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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. Things to do today: by Gizzmonic · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    1)Give you a butterscotch enema

    2)Lick fingers.

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  2. FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First post. Hooray toddler vomit! YOU CUNT. SHITFACE.

  3. Lets get it over with.... by Alcohol+Fueled · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, dust sprinkles you!

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  4. I know this is probably Off-Topic by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... but the Zoo relationship system in the Slash Code has now been fully updated. The tables in the Slashdot 2.2.x database have been rebuilt, and thus you can now once again view Friend/Foe relationship data for each registered member.

    Just figured I'd let you all know since there's no Site Announcement capabilities in Slash Code.

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    1. Re:I know this is probably Off-Topic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


      Thanks for the update. Adding a new feature to slashdot is kind of like adding an accessory to a turd. Do we really need a piece of feces that can dice an onion? Do we really need a crappy web site that allows friend/foe relationships? I think NO on either case. But thank you for you efforts in keeping us informed. If I wasn't an AC I'd add you to my Foe list but as it stands you'll just have to be a foe in real life, not the digital one. If I ever meet you on the street I'll kick your ass so hard you'll look like a pile of cherry cobbler run through the blender. Then I'll go have my way with your mom and sister. At the same time. While your dad is tied up and forced to watch. Afterwards, we'll all go out to Waffle House and laguh and toalk about the good times, while you sit at home in the basement with your Star Wars dolls, internet porn, and your friends and foes list.

  5. why didn't they use embedded windows? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    oh wait, that's a lame joke.

  6. 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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  7. Reading Ars... by idletask · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The following story starts this way:

    Britain's equivalent of the RIAA, the British Phonographic Industry[...]

    I misread "Phonographic" for "Pornographic". Go figure.

  8. Just curious about some things... by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You state that If I ever meet you on the street I'll kick your ass so hard you'll look like a pile of cherry cobbler run through the blender, but then conclude your brief essay with a mention of dining out with my mother, father, and sister while I sit at home in the basement with [my] Star Wars dolls, internet porn, and [my]friends and foes list.

    I'm curious as to how I could continue browsing Slashdot after you kill me. I have a life philosophy of monism, which, unless it's wrong, would prohibit the continued existence of my soul after my body dies.

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  9. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dust cleans YOU out!