A New Revolution Part 2: IP Enabled Smart Objects and the Smart Grid
The previous article covered a basic introduction to IP enabled Smart Objects. These are devices that combine processing power with communications capabilities to exchange information using the Internet Protocol. IP Smart Objects are being deployed in a variety of machine to machine (M2M) systems. Application areas such as industrial control, process automation, and commercial building control are moving away from closed proprietary protocols to embrace open international standards such as the Internet Protocol (IP). Now the U.S. Smart Grid has adopted IP to interconnect smart energy components. More>>

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The 2010 Best of Sensors Expo Award Winners
By: Melanie Martella, Sensors
What do a rugged shock recorder, a vibration dosimeter, a tiny IR imager, wireless sensor nodes, an array of different sensors, energy harvesting devices, and feature-packed data recorders have in common? All of them won a Best of Sensors Expo Award at the 2010 Sensors Expo.  More>>

Bringing It All Together—Leveraging Hybrid Wireless Systems
By: Jim Gardner, FreeWave Technologies Inc.
Hybrid wireless systems—incorporating multiple types of wireless technologies—offer significant benefits for collecting data from large, geographically dispersed networks, such as those in the oil and gas industry.  More>>

Using a Small Solar Cell and a Supercapacitor in a Wireless Sensor
Pierre Mars, CAP-XX (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Here's how supercapacitors—double-layered capacitors with the ability to store far more energy that a traditional capacitor—can be used in conjunction with a small solar cell to power a wireless sensor node.  More>>

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