Researchers at Clarkson University, NY, have developed wireless bridge sensors which work without batteries. Instead, they are powered by the vibrations caused by passing traffic. This is good news ...

Researchers in Drexel University’s College of Engineering have developed a solar-powered, wireless sensor system that can continually monitor bridge deformation and could be used to alert authorities ...

Gaetano Borriello at U. Washington; Intel, Small embedded computers and communications protocols; Deborah Estrin at U. California, Los Angeles, Networking, middleware, data handling, and hardware for ...

Transportation infrastructure, traditionally rooted in civil and structural engineering, is now being redefined by digital technologies. Roads, highways, and bridges are increasingly embedded with ...

LAS VEGAS — DEF CON 22 — Smart traffic sensor systems that help regulate and automate the flow of traffic and lights contain security weaknesses that could be manipulated by hackers and result in ...

Start-up Dust Networks takes the covers off a low-power wireless system for linking sensors in walls, remote cameras and other places. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he ...

The landscape of distributed sensors and the growing demand for higher fidelity data in industrial, in-building, facility management, and for customer/audience analytics have been steadily growing and ...