Smart-Its: Computers for Artifacts in the Physical World.

This article reports that Smart-Its are small devices that integrate a microprocessing unit with sensors, actuators, and wireless communication. These devices are similar in composition to typical wireless sensor network nodes, but are conceived as add-on devices for artifacts in the physical world....

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 66 - 67
Autor principal: Gelersen, Hans
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Mar2005
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