Ecos No. 132, 2006, page 7 Running a smart farm Reports on Australian research into the use of wireless sensor networks on farms.
New Scientist 24 May 2008, page 26 Quirk of sea air provides video link to protected reef (by Rachel Nowak) Describes a novel system of transmitting data from reef sensors.
21 February 2008 Big Brother bird watching boosts ecology (by Tom Simonite) Covers the proposed use of wireless sensor networks to study sea bird colonies.
15 October 2007 Wireless body sensing (by Justin Mullins) Reports on development of technology to monitor patients using wireless sensor networks.
23 October 2006 Intelligent sensors watch for impending floods (by Tom Simonite) Outlines the use of intelligent sensors for the prediction of floods.
25 February 2006, page 27 Watering crops in the wireless age Announces an Australian trial using wireless sensor networks to help manage water use on farms.
25 October 2005, page 29 Wired reef to spot polluters Describes the use of sensor networks to monitor pollution flowing into the Great Barrier Reef.
23 August 2003, pages 26-31 March of the motes (by Anil Ananthaswamy) Describes development of smart dust technology and its applications.
Scientific American 20 March 2008 Rainforest climate change sensor station goes Wi-Fi (by Larry Greenemeier) Outlines wireless data collection in Costa Rica's La Selva rainforest.
June 2004, pages 53-59 Smart sensors to network the world (by David E. Culler and Hans Mulder) Reviews intelligent sensor technology and applications.
Technology Review July/August 2003 Casting the wireless sensor net (by Gregory T. Huang) Reviews intelligent sensor network technology and challenges.
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