Sensor Networks For Surveillance And Security

gpmap writes "Small Times has an article on the coming age of all-pervasive sensor networks that will feed information of all sorts to monitoring networks. Technology advances have generated intense interest in sensor networks: 'the magic words are surveillance and security.' The Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) hosted the second Information Processing in Sensor Networks workshop this week amid anticipation of significant funding grants from the National Science Foundation. Most believe miniaturization, whether through conventional methods, MEMS or nanotech, will drive the spread of sensor networks. But plenty of issues need working through, on the hardware, software and social fronts."

Comments

Hmm

[Cyno01]

Is it just me or does this sound way to much like the "Sensors" on Star Trek. They're mentioned, they're there, but no one really knows what they sense.

I know how to stop it!!

[halftrack]

1. Get Microsoft the contract (they'll run it on Windows.)
2. Salvation (not in the religious sense though.)

See, no ??? part.

Re:an example

[shadowbearer]

Corrected link