The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which supported the development of the Internet in the 1960s, has been providing research funds for almost 20 years devoted to the development of ...

Using TinyOS-based mesh-networking software, a family of intelligent sensing and data-acquisition modules and integrated radio/processor boards can create a self-forming customizable “smart-dust” ...

Technology may be shrinking, but its reach has never been greater. Devices that once filled entire rooms can now fit on the tip of a needle. This miniaturization is not just about space-saving; it’s ...

If you are looking for the next disruptive technology headed for the enterprise: think dust. No, not small grains of sand, soot or dirt but similarly sized particles that have a brain. Smart dust, a ...

Disposable sensing and communications systems converge into a cubic-millimeter bundle. Advances in miniaturization, integration and energy management show that a complete wireless sensor/communication ...

This article was originally published by RFID Update. November 6, 2006—After a few years commercializing his technology at Dust Networks, a key innovator of so-called smart dust has returned to the ...

(Nanowerk News) Computers are getting smaller and smaller, just as current cell phones offer computing power similar to that of a laptop. And the trend toward miniaturization continues. Smart dust ...

In computing, the vision always precedes the reality by a decade or more. The pattern has held true from the personal computer to the Internet, as it takes time, brainpower and investment to conquer ...