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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The in-vehicle sensor network developed by FAU researchers in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, uses open-source hardware and software components to reduce the time, risks and costs associated with developing in-vehicle sensing units.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024

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

That means that statewide, snowpack measurements are currently “higher than any other reading since the snow sensor network was established in the mid-1980s.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2023

For now, gaps in the air sensor network have made answers elusive.

From Science Magazine ● May 1, 2022