Sensor networks are highly distributed networks of small, lightweight wireless nodes, deployed in large numbers to monitor the environment or system by the measurement of physical parameters such as ...

Factory and plant process automation are being re-invented thanks to advances in wireless sensor communications for industrial applications. These innovations are empowering automation engineers to ...

There are many reasons to anticipate that the use of wireless instrumentation in industrial settings will increase dramatically in the next few years. However, certain stumbling blocks could curtail ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. The advent of low-power processors, intelligent wireless networks, and low-power sensors coupled with “Big Data” ...

Gaetano Borriello at U. Washington; Intel, Small embedded computers and communications protocols; Deborah Estrin at U. California, Los Angeles, Networking, middleware, data handling, and hardware for ...

Sensors networks are gaining widespread use in factories, industrial complexes, commercial and residential buildings, agricultural settings, and urban areas, serving to improve manufacturing ...

The increased adoption of wireless sensors across industry is due, like most industrial technologies, to solid, practical reasons. Chief among these reasons is ease of implementation (no long cable ...

As equipment ages in fossil-fueled power plants, component wear leading to machinery failure increases as a result. Extending equipment life requires increased attention to maintenance, and one way to ...