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sensor network

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

Mr. Cameron said the sensor network on the sub’s hull was an inadequate solution to a design he saw as intrinsically flawed.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

And along Greece’s land border with Turkey, a new steel wall and hi-tech sensor network have been installed to stop illegal crossings.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2021

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