In his book on changing economics of web commerce, The Long Tail, Chris Anderson illustrates how the Internet is changing the laws of distribution from digital products from entertainment (movies and CDs) to manufactured products Wireless networks are, too, growing a long tail, as billions, maybe even, trillions, of devices are being connected to an [...]
The interesting story about Maria Feng, a UCI researcher who develops vibration sensors that monitor the health of everything from bridges to dams is available on OCRegister blog, here.
An interesting paper on Sensor Networks for Environmental applications has been published on Earth-Science Reviews. The abstract states: “Environmental Sensor Networks (ESNs) facilitate the study of fundamental processes and the development of hazard response systems. They have evolved from passive logging systems that require manual downloading, into ‘intelligent’ sensor networks that comprise a network of [...]
