as you read in the article: "... Each node is smaller than a human fist and powered by batteries and solar panels.... The sensors are positioned within tens of metres of each other and communicate through Wi-Fi and Bluetooth..."
knowing that neither Wifi, nor bluetooth are very efficiently dealing with the powerconsumption, i wonder who will be changing the batteries of these sensors every so many months.
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as you read in the article:
"... Each node is smaller than a human fist and powered by batteries and solar panels....
The sensors are positioned within tens of metres of each other and communicate through Wi-Fi and Bluetooth..."
knowing that neither Wifi, nor bluetooth are very efficiently dealing with the powerconsumption, i wonder who will be changing the batteries of these sensors every so many months.
you're damn right!! and this is true not only for the Gimp, but for many other applications...