Thanks to advances in GPS, mobile and wireless sensor technology that story now seems quaint.
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However, energy needs increase exponentially when considering wireless sensor networks of many thousand components the consumption adds up quickly.
Martella walked me through numerous examples of how wireless sensor networks operate.
Intel Corp. has funded a company called Crossbow Technology, and companies such as Millennial Net and Ember also are pursuing wireless sensor networks.
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The world is already filled with small and scattered wireless sensor networks covering local areas in factories and farms, homes and offices and increasingly cars and people.
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After Alberto Herrera , chief executive of fledgling wireless-sensor network company Medida , pitched his firm to a panel of four top-tier Silicon Valley venture capitalists--in front of a standing-room-only crowd of some 350 people-- Josh Stein of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson was so impressed that he asked Herrera to set up a meeting.
Art Stewart, vice president of wireless products at sensor maker AuthenTec, which provided fingerprint sensors for the phone, says LG had "antenna issues" with the device.
Early next year, the company plans an Android version and a wireless version of the sensor.
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The Xbox apps I tested work with an included wireless controller or with a Kinect sensor, which responds to gestures and voice commands.
With over 200 competitors, expect to see many variants of wireless implantables, ingestibles, and intimate body contact sensor ideas introduced in the coming year.
Packed in their 7-by-2-foot titanium-framed fiberglass bodies are terabytes of cellphone flash storage, a dual-core ARM processor running open Linux software, a battery pack, sensor arrays, a GPS unit, and wireless and satellite communications systems.
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Available in three stylish trims (black, white and wood), this wireless setup uses a base receiver that communicates with its security sensor panels by way of your home's network.
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