An effective wireless-sensor network requires the integration of two key components: low-cost, low-power, scalable hardware and manageable software. The industry has shown signs of delivering on the ...

The Internet of Things revolution is upon us, and by the year 2020, there will be over 30 billion connected things in the world. With the world’s population increasing and resources becoming more ...

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 ...

The wireless sensor networking sector just got a little more crowded, with the formal launch of Arch Rock Corp. (www.archrock.com). The San Francisco start-up was founded in mid-2005 to develop ...

The deployment of wireless sensor networks in manufacturing environments is one of the clear industry trends that have emerged over the past years. To learn more about the application of wireless ...

Have you ever wondered what happens in the rainforest when no one is looking? Research in the University of Alberta's Faculty of Science may soon be able to answer that question. The departments of ...

Calculations reveal how sensors must take turns to harvest power efficiently from a data hub. Calculations reveal how sensors must take turns to harvest power efficiently from a data hub. Algorithms ...

The internet of things is a nice idea, but there's one big catch: you have to power all those smart devices, which is no mean feat when some of them might not even have room for a battery. Dutch ...

Wireless sensor networks are nothing new to Hackaday, but [Felix]’s wireless PIR sensor node is something else entirely. Rarely do we see something so well put together that’s also so well designed ...