Powercast is transforming how wireless power is delivered— from short to long range and microwatts to kilowatts— with the ...

Start-up Dust Networks takes the covers off a low-power wireless system for linking sensors in walls, remote cameras and other places. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--There's plenty of work to do before countless wireless sensors are scattered around the world, collecting data on everything from the temperature of food shipments to the health ...

Since manufacturers rely on various critical equipment, they often cannot effectively monitor each one. Major technical issues ensue if a problem goes undetected for long enough, making unplanned ...

Major power outages like the ones which affected the New York state last month or Western Europe ten days ago are becoming more frequent -- even if their causes were different. In some cases, the ...

The progression of agricultural practices and techniques is greatly attributed to the rise of modern technology, particularly wireless sensors. These devices are offering an innovative approach to ...

In a new study, researchers describe a novel approach for a wireless communication network that can efficiently transmit, receive and decode data from thousands of microelectronic chips that are each ...

Researchers in Drexel University’s College of Engineering have developed a solar-powered, wireless sensor system that can continually monitor bridge deformation and could be used to alert authorities ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Water is the most essential resource for life, for both humans and the crops we consume.

Sensors are the backbone of much of design. Here, one expert gives his view of the latest trends and efforts to make sensors hardy enough for the factory floor. What's the hot topic in sensors today?

The potential of using low-energy light to shape ferroelectric thin films for micro devices is advancing with an ...