In 2003 they called it motes, now RFID
The Real World as Database
Posted March 28, 2003
by David Pescovitz
After an earthquake, how do you know if a skyscraper is safe to enter? Try asking it.
That's the idea behind TinyDB, a database system developed at the Intel Research Laboratory Berkeley and UC Berkeley for networks of tiny wireless sensors called "motes."Only a few cubic centimeters in size, the motes collect light, temperature, humidity, and other data about their physical environment. The data is then relayed from mote to neighboring mote until it reaches its desired destination for processing. In one recent experiment, motes embedded behind a building's walls diagnosed seismic stability. In another ongoing project, sensors in the burrows of endangered sea birds on Great Duck Island, near Acadia National Park, Maine, monitor the environmental factors affecting the creatures' comings and goings (see photo gallery).
Posted March 28, 2003
by David Pescovitz
After an earthquake, how do you know if a skyscraper is safe to enter? Try asking it.
That's the idea behind TinyDB, a database system developed at the Intel Research Laboratory Berkeley and UC Berkeley for networks of tiny wireless sensors called "motes."Only a few cubic centimeters in size, the motes collect light, temperature, humidity, and other data about their physical environment. The data is then relayed from mote to neighboring mote until it reaches its desired destination for processing. In one recent experiment, motes embedded behind a building's walls diagnosed seismic stability. In another ongoing project, sensors in the burrows of endangered sea birds on Great Duck Island, near Acadia National Park, Maine, monitor the environmental factors affecting the creatures' comings and goings (see photo gallery).
posted by Rob | 10/27/2005 11:03:00 pm
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