SMART DUST. LEARNING. TU100-12B: Block 3 Part 2: Cloud computing: 1.3 Finding published information. Genuine arts: Where is the information on the Internet stored? Www.ti.com/lit/ds/snos416/snos416.pdf. Wireless sensor network. Typical multi-hop wireless sensor network architecture A wireless sensor network (WSN) of spatially distributed autonomous sensors to monitor physical or environmental conditions, such as temperature, sound, pressure, etc. and to cooperatively pass their data through the network to a main location.
The more modern networks are bi-directional, also enabling control of sensor activity. The development of wireless sensor networks was motivated by military applications such as battlefield surveillance; today such networks are used in many industrial and consumer applications, such as industrial process monitoring and control, machine health monitoring, and so on. In computer science and telecommunications, wireless sensor networks are an active research area with numerous workshops and conferences arranged each year.[3] Applications[edit] Area monitoring[edit] Area monitoring is a common application of WSNs. Health care monitoring[edit] Air pollution monitoring[edit] Forest fire detection[edit]