With auto safety a paramount concern these days, some automobiles come equipped with parking sensors and/or backup cameras. However, this is still an optional feature for many vehicles and can be ...

One day, sensors will probably be embedded in just about everything (and, quite possibly, everyone) for any number of tracking, monitoring, and security purposes. Low-power wireless technology makes ...

There is a large disparity between the survival rates of prematurely born babies in the developing world and those in the developed world, but scientists at Northwestern University are working on ways ...

Taking the last major step toward merging wireless sensor networks (WSNs) seamlessly into the world of Internet Protocol (IP) standards, Arch Rock Corporation has introduced the first commercial ...

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 ...

Wireless sensors are becoming more common and will continue to be developed and deployed in the near term. The technological challenges of wireless communications are steadily being overcome, ...

A 30-member research team that includes chemists, engineers, and medical doctors has unveiled implantable wireless sensors that biodegrade within the body (Nature 2016, DOI: 10.1038/nature16492). Such ...

The factory floor is changing radically. Usually powered by batteries, wireless sensors have been available for transmitting data for quite some time. The greater use of wireless communications ...

This product is featured in EDN’s Hot 100 products of 2018. See all 100 here. Lighting in commercial facilities can be very costly. There has been an ever-growing demand to lower costs by switching ...

The use of wireless sensors in wellhead monitoring of oil and gas fields is a key application that shows promise. The measurements involved are conventional process measurements of pressure, level and ...