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Designing Smart Energy Devices   November 1, 2008

ZigBee's newest profile streamlines the development of communications technology that will help consumers rein in energy consumption.More>>

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Automating Pipeline Integrity Monitoring   August 1, 2008

Cathodic protection devices have been used for decades to monitor steel pipes for corrosion. A new family of radios is designed to automate this process, connecting directly to the corrosion monitoring system.More>>

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Meet the Next Generation of OPC   July 1, 2008

Introduced in 1995, OPC enabled interoperability between Windows-based applications and process control hardware and software. The latest OPC specification, OPC-UA, seeks to improve and unify the earlier specifications into a single coherent foundation.More>>

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Asset Tracking in Industrial Settings—A Review of Wireless Technologies Part 1: The Basics   June 1, 2008

Before you can come to grips with industrial real-time location systems, you must understand the environment in which they function and the communications that empower them.More>>

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Energy Harvesting: Opening New Sensor Opportunities   May 9, 2008

Sensor applications that normally rely on battery power, especially wireless sensors, are limited by the battery's life or its need for recharging. Using power available from the environment, such as mechanical energy from vibration and wind, sunlight, or temperature differences, several companies...More>>

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Future Networks   March 1, 2008

The next generation of networks will move beyond disconnected device-specific networks and systems and toward a distributed infrastructure, with intelligent functions residing across the entire network, from its edge to its core.More>>

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New Implementations of OGC Sensor Web Enablement Standards   December 1, 2007

Wildfires, river basins, tsunami alerts, and environmental risk management are just some of the projects using OGC's interoperability framework for Web-based access and control of sensors and sensor data.More>>

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Mixing Multiple Wireless Technologies   December 1, 2007

With the variety of wireless technologies available, outfitting an industrial or commercial environment for wireless communications may involve mixing and matching technologies to find the optimal solution. Here are the issues to consider to make your mix a successful one.More>>

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A New Vision for Pervasive Computing: Moving Beyond Sense and Send   October 1, 2007

A new approach to wireless sensor networking adds local intelligence to the nodes, creating pervasive computers and enabling sensor networks that can both acquire data and initiate action without human intervention.More>>

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Embedded Web Services: Making Sense out of Diverse Sensors   May 31, 2007

Integrating networks of sensors has been a goal for years, from the creation of device profiles and industrial networking standards through to the adoption of ad hoc wireless sensor and control networks. Web services promise to ease the integration of these disparate and distributed elements.More>>















sensorsonline: RT @ProcessHeating: Sensors Expo heads to Chicago suburb, promises technical conference with wireless focus, among others. #mfg http://t.co…
sensorsonline: RT @ProcessHeating: Sensors Expo heads to Chicago suburb, promises technical conference with wireless focus, among others. #mfg http://t.co…

sensorsonline: RT @ARMCommunity: LKS: RT @EmbeddedSWStore: Going to @SensorsExpo? Attend Internet of Things talk on 6/4 http://t.co/YeUsZPVLYO #ARM #IoT @…
sensorsonline: RT @ARMCommunity: LKS: RT @EmbeddedSWStore: Going to @SensorsExpo? Attend Internet of Things talk on 6/4 http://t.co/YeUsZPVLYO #ARM #IoT @…

sensorsonline: RT @EnOcean_EN: "#Energy #Harvesting in Wireless Networks and Building Automation Systems" @SensorsExpo (June 6, 10:10-10:50 AM) http://t.c…
sensorsonline: RT @EnOcean_EN: "#Energy #Harvesting in Wireless Networks and Building Automation Systems" @SensorsExpo (June 6, 10:10-10:50 AM) http://t.c…

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sensorsonline: RT @polysciences: Visit Polysciences at Booth #507 at Sensors 2013! #sensors13 #polysciences http://t.co/ArprGs4cAH http://t.co/9p4r5ak5N1

sensorsonline: RT @MIPI_Alliance: #MIPI Alliance Will Participate in MEMS Sensor Panel at Sensors Expo and Conference - http://t.co/nGyIgABQGT
sensorsonline: RT @MIPI_Alliance: #MIPI Alliance Will Participate in MEMS Sensor Panel at Sensors Expo and Conference - http://t.co/nGyIgABQGT