Intel Research, working with the academic community and industry, is addressing many of the significant challenges for ad hoc sensor networks to become a reality. Already, a broad spectrum of sensor network pilot applications have been demonstrated. As sensor network technology emerges from research laboratories, the ability to instrument the world is likely to transform every facet of our lives. New Uses, New Users:
Intel and BP, one of the world's largest petroleum and petrochemicals companies, are collaborating on a joint research project using a wireless sensor network to provide continuous vibration monitoring of the engines on one of BP's oil tankers off the Shetland Islands in northern Scotland. View Video (WMV file, 10MB; requires Media Player).
Smart Surrogates, by Terry Knott, BP Frontiers magazine, Issue 9, April 2004BP is at the forefront of applying the latest sensory network digital technology to a broad spectrum of its businesses. Learn more.
Aging Boomers: Technology to the Rescue?The "age wave" is coming and there's nowhere to run. In the next 25 years, the 65-and-over population in America will double. The first baby-boomers will reach retirement age just six years from now. Already, healthcare is America's biggest cost, and fastest growing too. It's a huge challenge - but technology, healthcare and education leaders say it is also a huge opportunity. Reporter Rick Lockridge provides insight from CAST and Intel Sensor Net Open House events held March 2004 in Washington, D.C. View Video (WMV file, 6.93MB; requires Media Player). For more details about this new class of technology:
Instrumenting the World: An Introduction to Wireless Sensor Networks
The Promise of Wireless Sensor Networks
Digital Home Technologies for Aging in Place
Sensor Network Technology
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Smart Sensors to Network the World by David Culler and Hans Mulder. An emerging class of microelectronic devices are enabling us to more freely connect the cyberworld to the real world.
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