[If you were at the latest meeting, you saw www.accsenseinc.com show us a mesh network using palm-sized sensor nodes. DARPA is working on similarly sized (different technology) devices using ultra wide band for real-time tracking and location. I expect we will be seeing more applications for networked sensors in the coming months. -Mike O.]
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002275.html Mini-Sensors for "Military Omniscience" Spotting insurgents, sorting out friend from foe - it's beyond tough in today's guerilla war zones. So tough, that no single monitor can be counted on to handle the job. The Pentagon's answer: build a set of palm-sized, networked sensors that can be scattered around, and work together to "detect, classify, localize, and track dismounted combatants under foliage and in urban environments." It's part of a larger Defense Department effort to establish "military omniscience" and "ubiquitous monitoring." [...] http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002275.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
