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Smart Roads - wireless sensor networks for smart infrastructures: a billion dollar business opportunity
Smart Roads - wireless sensor networks for smart infrastructures: a billion dollar business opportunity Worldwide governments spend huge amounts of money on transport infrastructure . And to make headway in building and maintaining such costly investments, they will have to keep on spending. Wireless Sensor Networks are a cost-effective and scalable option for reducing infrastructure maintenance costs and increasing safety on the road. The use of sensors can contribute to these projects by creating a series of smart applications that may lead to a better and safer world. Throughout the years, many transport infrastructures—bridges, tunnels or viaducts—have collapsed due to natural disasters or because of poor maintenance.
Thomas Amberg from Yaler together Marc Pous with have built the amazing #OktoberfestOfThings, an IoT-enabled beer mug that can count how often and how much beer the holder consumes during the famous Octoberfest in Munich, Germany! The initial design has used an Arduino Nano, a BlueSMiRF-RN-v1 Bluetooth module and a Nexus S Android phone running a Bluetooth to Internet gateway app. They are using an ADXL335 accelerometer and a tilt switch to count sips. (Although it seems they initially came with much cooler ideas on that). Data has been posted on Cosm.com: You can check more photos of the mug and the construction, as well as real-field testing here .
The #OktoberfestOfThings | Building Internet of Things
Kickstarter is becoming one of the largest funding platforms in the world and Makers and hardware manufacturers are continuing to see the site as a quick way to test their product concept on the market, cover bulk upfront supplier costs, and bring their connected products to life. Twine , the sensor block system developed by Supermechanical was the first web enabled product to be a breakout hit on the site by raising over half a million dollars in early January, and recently the Pebble watch blew through Kickstarter's old funding records by raising more than $10 million during its month-long campaign. Below we take a look at some of the successful (and a few not so successful) Internet of Things related projects that are driving this trend and where they currently stand in their development process. Unsuccessful in their funding: Will these projects turn into viable companies?
Internet of Things and Kickstarter - Internet of Things News
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The promise is more than a marketing boast. Aided by microchip transmitters, heat sensors and a fast-growing form of wireless communication, the boast is a measurable fact. Inside each Ocado delivery van is a SIM-card module the size of a postage stamp that monitors the air temperature. The sensor sends data to a computer used by fleet managers back at headquarters near London every few minutes. Ocado says incidents of spoilage of goods have declined since the transmitters were installed last year.
Are you looking for more Internet of Things related news and information to add to your RSS reader? Here’s the second installment of Internet of Things blogs you should know. You can see the first post, 5 (Personally Authored) Internet of Things Blogs You Should Know here.
5 Internet of Things Content Sources You Should Know - iDigi Blog
Mardi 17 juillet 2012 - Catégorie(s) : Handicap . Près de 300 millions de personnes dans le monde souffrent de déficiences visuelles et, comme le souligne The Economist, les outils susceptibles de les aider à se déplacer ont peu évolué depuis les années 1920. Date à laquelle les cannes furent peintes en blanc pour permettre aux autres piétons de les remarquer. Un ingénieur indien de 24 ans a ainsi souhaité concevoir une chaussure électronique qui aide les malvoyants à se déplacer dans un environnement urbain. Ces chaussures se connectent via bluetooth au GPS du téléphone mobile.
Des chaussures intelligentes et connectées pour guider les malvoyants
Publicado en marzo 14, 2011 por sorayapa Arduino es una plataforma de desarrollo de computación física, de código abierto, basada en una placa con un sencillo microcontrolador y un entorno de desarrollo para crear software (para esa placa). Arduino es hardware libre.
Arduino, la revolución silenciosa del hardware libre | Soraya Paniagua Ⓢ
By Eric Fleury, on June 20th, 2012 L’équipe Réseaux du laboratoire LSIIT de Strasbourg (UMR 7005 - http://lsiit.unistra.fr ) cherche un candidat pour effectuer une thèse en informatique dans le domaine de l’Internet des objets au service de l’environnement et de la santé Titre du sujet de thèse : Contributions à l’analyse du comportement animalier à l’aide de l’Internet des Objets Résumé du sujet : L’objectif scientifique de cette thèse est d’étudier et de proposer un système complet de communication sans fil dédié au monde des bio-loggeurs dans le cadre de l’étude des comportements animaliers.
Proposition de thèse – Internet des objets pour l’environnement et la santé « Rescom
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Il nourrit son chien Toby grâce à Twitter
Un informaticien britannique a décidé de ne pas laisser seul son chien. Lorsqu'il est en déplacement, il a jugé bon de nourrir tant bien que mal son compagnon. Tout cela grâce à un dispositif fonctionnant avec Twitter. Une invention qu'il compte bien faire breveter.