Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a new system which improves the ability of a GPS to determine a vehicle’s position as compared to that of conventional GPS devices by up to 90 percent, and which…
Tutorial: Understanding TinyOS with WSN
TinyOS is an event-driven operating system for networked applications in wireless embedded systems, with a component-based architecture. It is based on the nesC programming language and its core components require only 400 bytes of memory (data and instruction). While TinyOS…
Wireless Sensor Network Nodes For Monitoring Natural Disasters
Natural disasters are escalating world wide due to many issues including climate change and perhaps the global warming. The losses due to these disasters are increasing at an alarming rate. Hence, it is would be valuable to detect the pre-cursors…
Wireless Sensor Networks for Biomedical Applications
Quality of Service, Admission Control and Lifetime-Extending Challenges Authors: Carlos Abreu, Paulo Mendes Biomedical wireless sensor networks empowers the development of new applications and services to improve the quality of medical care provided to the citizens. In such context, these…
WSN Made Easy With Arduino Platform?
This article will help you to understand some of the easiest methods to start implementing your sensor nodes with an Arduino platform. Many students and organisation tends to be frustrated with the licensing issues and the cost of buying sensor…
Keynote: Are We Ready For The Wireless Building?
About the presentation In addition to the latest developments in the research for in-door communications, the event will feature practical examples and case studies to demonstrate new services inside wireless enhanced buildings. You will hear an update on the progress…