WSN Update

(vnunet.com) - As wireless connectivity grows in popularity, organisations are working harder than ever to find ways of optimising their operations.

Now that the internet is well established and the much-hyped dot com ideas of the late 1990s have turned into some kind of reality, the next step is to connect the myriad physical devices that surround us to the network.

Radio frequency identity (RFID) tags are seen as a major step in this direction, and are starting to make inroads into retail supply chains, airport baggage handling and countless other industries.

The next technology to play a part in achieving this optimisation could be sensor telemetry, a combination of sensors and two-way wireless communications that allows firms to gather detailed data from products, people and places.

Just as RFID allows organisations to sense and detect physical assets, sensor telemetry can give a live, detailed and continuously updated view about the status of those assets.

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