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The Smart Sensor Web
Roland Piquepaille writes "As writes Vincent Tao for GEO World, integrating the billions of sensors already present in our environment with the power of the Web will represent 'a revolutionary leap in earth observation.' 'In short, the Sensor Web offers full-dimensional, full-scale and full-phase sensing and monitoring of Earth at all levels: global, regional and local.' The Sensor Web will need to have five characteristics to be successful. It must be interoperable, intelligent, dynamic, flexible and scalable. And the Sensor Web architecture will have four layers: a sensor layer, a communication layer, a location layer and an information layer. When it's here, it will have 'extraordinary significance for science, environmental monitoring, public safety and many other domains of activity.' This summary contains the essential concepts of the original and dense article."
Can we finally kill that damn butterfly and stop these hurricanes?
You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.
if this was an anime, the 5 things it needed would be diffrent teenagers with social/mental problems and they would combine together to create "GLOBAL SENSOR WEB!"
-You're wasting your time. Alfador only likes me.
interoperable, intelligent, dynamic, flexible and scalable Arggg.
a sensor layer, a communication layer, a location layer and an information layer Ahhhh.
Depending on the properties of sensors, geographic coverage, network access capabilities and, more importantly, domain applications, the physical architecture (i.e., the first three layers) can be very different. The information layer serves as a backbone and shares a commonality. This layer is a gateway to integrate and fuse observations from spatially referenced sensors. It connects widely distributed in-situ sensors and remote sensors over wired or wireless networks. Interoperability becomes a key to enable the information layer's integration capability. Uppercut.
Well it sure Sounds Cool...
I, for one, welcome our new smart sensor overlords.
There are that many X10 webcams out there already?
Now that we have omnipresent video monitoring, we should have omnipotent speakers installed everywhere in the world. That way, when someone sees something bad on the satellite video, they can yell at the person directly.
Esoteric reference.
[I]ntegrating the billions of sensors already present in our environment with the power of the Web will represent 'a revolutionary leap in earth observation.'
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This sounds great!
Please send me more information about how I can use these sensor nets to make a difference!
You can email me at: John.Poindexter@Technically.Not.A.Convicted.Felon
PS, I'm sure my friend John would be interested too! You can email him a prospectus at:
JAshcroft@We.Run.A.Christian.DOJ.gov
PPS, don't worry if you get the email addresses wrong. I've got some friends who monitor almost all email, and I'm sure they'll pass along anything interesting!
Opinions on the Twiddler2 hand-held keyboard?
Smart sensors watch YOU!
No, wait. That can't be right. Let me try again.
In Soviet Russia smart sensors didn't EXIST!
No, that doesn't quite seem right either.
Wait, wait, let me try again. I'll get it sooner or later.
KFG