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Wireless Sensors Extend Internet's Reach

An AP newswire article by Alicia Chang, via The Boston Globe, reports that:

To the untrained eye, the sleek, airy building constructed atop a decommissioned nuclear reactor at the University of California, Los Angeles could pass for high-tech office space.

A closer inspection of the glass-and-steel facade reveals dozens of miniature, low-resolution cameras and sensors. They're wirelessly linked to computers throughout the 6,000-square-foot space, keeping tabs on traffic flow in public areas and monitoring temperature, humidity and acoustics.

posted by Fergie @ 2/11/2007 10:32:00 AM