There is a large disparity between the survival rates of prematurely born babies in the developing world and those in the developed world, but scientists at Northwestern University are working on ways ...

They may be modules. Or motes. Or even smart dust. Whatever the form, wireless “sensor nets” will make a heavy imprint on the industry. Rapid-fire advances in "sensor nets"—wireless sensor modules ...

Wireless sensors have become ubiquitous in modern society, found in everything from RFID tags to GPS tracking systems, automatic meter reading (AMR/AMI), mesh networks, system control and data ...

Future products will supplement these with energy-harvesting technologies such as solar cells or piezoelectric generators driven by vibration. In the longer term, “nuclear” batteries that use direct ...

In the real world, we have buildings, lamp posts, the breeze. In the virtual one, there's an amount of data from devices like cellular phones, video games and surveillance cameras. To Ashok Sukumaran, ...

In restaurants such as YOSHINOYA, various initiatives are underway to maintain and enhance food quality, including the management of cooking data and the optimization of the processes. The “NICK” is ...