WSN Update

Here is a great article from Wired Magazine about some upcoming Zigbee products that will be unveiled at the Zigbee Open House later this month. Most of the early products are focused on home security, but experts are predicting that the technology will be deployed more broadly in the near future.

The article discusses two products that will be introduced - Home Heartbeat to monitor things like water pipes, electrical devices, and garage doors in your home; and a product by Lusora, to monitor elderly people in their homes.

The article continues with an excellent description of the benefits of Zigbee over other wireless standards. The low data rate which allows for longer battery life, as well as the ease of connectivity is discussed.

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