Factory and plant process automation are being re-invented thanks to advances in wireless sensor communications for industrial applications. These innovations are empowering automation engineers to ...

Gaetano Borriello at U. Washington; Intel, Small embedded computers and communications protocols; Deborah Estrin at U. California, Los Angeles, Networking, middleware, data handling, and hardware for ...

Combine billions of IP-enabled (Internet protocol) devices, RFID tags, wireless sensor networks, machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, iPhone apps, white space TV spectrum, and cloud computing, and ...

Networks of sensors consisting of numerous small nodes that communicate wirelessly are now feasible, thanks in part to IC solutions developed by Texas Instruments (TI) for wireless utility meters.

Levels change slowly in tanks that are usually geographically dispersed, making them ideal candidates for wireless sensor networks with minimal impact on control performance. Digital and wireless ...