WSN Update

Here is a great article that talks about a German company, eGrain (here is the link to their website for those that can read German) that is making great progress in shrinking wireless sensor network hardware down to true "smart dust". The current size of their network nodes are about 1 cubic centimeter, about the size of a sugar cube. They are confident that they will be able to reach the size of a match head in a few years, once the right type of thin polymer batteries are available.

The article gives a great introduction into the potential this technology has for the future. It concludes with a description of a remarkable application that places their hardware inside a golf ball to improve a golfer's game by measuring how fast the ball flies off the tee.

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