WSN Update: 08/2005

Wireless Sensor Networking Out of the Lab, Into Production

Survery Finds Customers Turning to Professional Services to Create New Lines of Business and Revenue Opportunities

Millenial Net released a survey yesterday that showed increased adoption of wireless sensor networks. The survery of 136 businesses showed that sensor networks are often being utilized as a competitive advantage for early adopters.

Another result of the survey showed that 73% of the companies planning future sensor network projects expect to use external professional services firms for tasks such as RF design and testing, prototype development, and sensor / gateway integration. The primary justification for hiring professional services is to reduce cost and risk.

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Sneak Peak at Intel Motes

Scroll down to the second half of this article to get a pre-production glimpse of new motes from Intel. The latest device, Intel Mote 2, combines an XScale 'Bulverde' PXA 271 processor with DSP, 32MB apiece of RAM as well as flash memory and a multi-radio architecture that supports 802.15.4, Bluetooth and 802.11. Now that is one powerful mote!

Seeing how these motes came out of Intel Research at Berkeley, it is a good bet that these mote will be TinyOS based.

According to the article, Intel's initial market will be industrial and hazardous areas where wiring is difficult and expensive.

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More Than 6000 Request ZigBee Specification

It appears that making the specification available to the public was an excellent move by the Zigbee Alliance. In less than months, over 6000 people have registered to download the specification - indicating a growing interest in wireless sensor technology.

Zigbee has also reported that their membership has doubled since last year, and is now totaling over 175 companies.

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Ernst & Young and IDG Ventures Host Venture Forum at Wireless Sensing Solutions Event

The Wireless Sensing Solutions conference that will take place in Chicago on September 27th adn 28th will include a Venture Forum hosted by Ernst & Young and IDG Ventures. The forum will bring together some of the hottest players in the wireless sensing community and interested venture capital firms.

Six companies that are seeking venture capital will be presenting during the forum. This should be a great opportunity to see what kind of interest there is from the investment community.

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Army and IBM Test Automated Sensor Solution on Vehicles

More on the Army project with IBM to use Wireless Sensors on tanks and armored vehicles...

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Tampa Bay Becomes "Smart Bay" with Well-Placed Sensors

Scientists and engineers from the University of South Florida have placed wireless sensors at strategic positions in the Tampa Bay to monitor biological, chemical, and physical conditions that affect the body of water. The goal is to develop a coastal security system and to improve the marine ecosystem management.

The project was funded by Office of Naval Research.

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Army on Track With Tank Sensors

IBM just announced that they completed a pilot with the U.S. Army for monitoring wireless sensors on tanks and other military vehicles. The pilot aims to keep personnel safer by allowing remote diagnosis of vehicle issues. It can also monitor things like fuel and ammunition and automatically alert personnel when supplies are low. The pilot took a year and a half and cost $3.4 Million dollars.

IBM said it would invest a quart of a billion dollars in a year and a half to grow its sensor business.

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Ember Congratulates Itself

Ember announced today a number of significant milestone achievements for 2005. They have increased global expansion by opening a new research facility in Cambridge, England. In addition, they have announced two major Asian distributors to market and distribute their Zigbee wireless semiconductor systems to OEMs.

Ember has also announced new business with a U.S. government defense agency worth more than $1 million. More details on this project are likely to follow soon.

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Sensors Working Overtime

Wireless tracking devices are radically transforming how businesses monitor vital equipment

This article is a great overall summary of how wireless sensors are likely to revolutionize industry over the next few years. It gives some examples how the technology can be used with heavy equipment and expensive assets to monitor conditions that are otherwise difficult for manual measurement.

The article also gives some great market projections. According to Harbor Research, the number of wireless sensors deployed will jump from 200,000 to 100 million in the next four years. Sales are projected to jump from $100M to $1 billion in the same timeframe.

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Space Shuttle Wireless Sensor Monitoring Highlights Wireless Sensing Solutions Conference

IDG World Expo, who is sponsoring the Wireless Sensing Solutions Expo in Chicago on September 27-28, just announced that a featured session will be a case study on how wireless sensor networks are being used to monitor the space shuttle.

Unfortunately, that is all the article says about how wireless sensor networks are monitoring the space shuttle. However, the article does give a number of examples of recent successful sensor network deployments, including wireless fire extinguishers, wireless chemical process monitoring, and highway and bridge monitoring to name a few. The conference will explore these, and other oppportunities, applications, and successful deployments.

Here is the link to the conference webpage.
http://www.wssconference.com

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WSN Update

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Wireless Sensor Networking Out of the Lab, Into Production

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Sneak Peak at Intel Motes

More Than 6000 Request ZigBee Specification

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Ernst & Young and IDG Ventures Host Venture Forum at Wireless Sensing Solutions Event

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Army and IBM Test Automated Sensor Solution on Vehicles

Friday, August 12, 2005

Tampa Bay Becomes "Smart Bay" with Well-Placed Sensors

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Army on Track With Tank Sensors

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Ember Congratulates Itself

Thursday, August 04, 2005

Sensors Working Overtime

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Space Shuttle Wireless Sensor Monitoring Highlights Wireless Sensing Solutions Conference

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