Ivan Seeking
Oct28-03, 11:48 PM
It's about the size of a grain of sand, but when used in massive amounts, it could monitor chemical spills, track packages or even let you type without a keyboard.
Smart Dust may seem like science fiction, but it is making its way from the research labs and into the enterprise courtesy of companies like Intel (Quote, Chart) and San Jose, Calif.-based Crossbow.
Originally part of a larger project funded by the U.S. Department of Defense central research and development group, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaking giant has worked with the University of California, Berkeley to create cubic millimeter-sized sensors, or "motes."
http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/3098551
Smart Dust may seem like science fiction, but it is making its way from the research labs and into the enterprise courtesy of companies like Intel (Quote, Chart) and San Jose, Calif.-based Crossbow.
Originally part of a larger project funded by the U.S. Department of Defense central research and development group, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaking giant has worked with the University of California, Berkeley to create cubic millimeter-sized sensors, or "motes."
http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/3098551