This Note will attempt to argue that while
smart dust has myriad social, governmental, and scientific benefits, it is just another barrier to the fundamental liberties and protections of American citizens who roam within the public sphere.
Mica 2 motes represent the third-generation mote module of the "
Smart Dust" wireless network developed by Crossbow.
Use of
smart dust as a nanotaggant may, as an example, serve as a means of removing anonymity of those working with precursor elements of biological weapons.
As suggested in the introduction, wireless sensors or
smart dust motes can be used in such monitoring applications in addition to the wide range of other
smart dust potential applications [8].
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Smart Dust Collector
The new method lays this specialized surface on top of the sample in the form of a "
smart dust" of gold nanoparticles coated with a thin shell of silica or alumina.
The craft, which is called "
smart dust", is modelled on the dust particles that orbit the sun and are propelled by the photons streaming out from the sun.
Research in the field of wireless sensor networks (also called
smart dust) was started as a research project in 1997 by University of California computer science professor Kris Pister.
These devices are also called
smart dust motes, implying small size and "smartness" distinguishing them from mere sensing devices.
The Transport Operations Research Group (Torg) at Newcastle University has developed "
smart dust" technology which involves using tiny wireless sensors.
Using "
SMART dust" the sensors have been designed to fit on cars and buses, or even to be carried by cyclists and pedestrians.
People are even thinking of long-term visions such as
smart dust or smart pebbles which can be used in concrete or asphalt, creating a kind of built-in SHM.