Networking the Redwoods

Posted by michael on Monday August 18, 2003 @04:48PM from the got-root dept.

linuxwrangler writes "SF Gate is reporting that ecology researchers are outfitting a grove of trees with tiny "micromote" sensors to monitor the light, humidity and other conditions as the trees grow. The sensors, running the open-source Tiny OS, form and maintain their own network. This test of the "Smart Dust" concept (mentioned on /. earlier) only uses 50 sensors but scientists hope to be able to deploy the sensors on a large scale to help figure out why California's Redwoods are dying off at an alarming rate."

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Re:Let's get it out of the system by Russ+Steffen · 2003-08-18 17:03 · Score: 5, Insightful

Ah yes, forestry by hearsay. Always a recipe for success. :)

I think the concern is more about the rate that mature trees are dying off than the rate replacements are germinating.