sensor network

British  

noun

1. computing a network of tiny autonomous devices embedded in everyday objects or sprinkled on the ground, able to communicate using wireless links

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sensor network

Crumbling cliffs loom over more than 530 miles of the California coast, and the cost of establishing a statewide sensor network would be significant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

In their publication, the Innsbruck scientists show that the precision of the sensor measurements increases with the number of particles in the sensor network.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024

With help from a constellation of government and philanthropic funders who collectively have contributed nearly €750,000, Lima and Seabra are now working with researchers along the Atlantic coast to fill gaps in the sensor network.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 1, 2023

This sensor network is also advancing Amegah's epidemiology research, which centers on the health of street vendors, who are exposed to high levels of emissions from aging cars and two-stroke motorcycle engines.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2023

But in theory, with the sensor network in place, Washington would be able to point to its own nuclear attribution analyses to reveal that Moscow was in fact the attacker.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2023