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An Autonomous Wireless Sensor Network in a Substation Area Using Wireless Transfer of Energy

IEEE Access, 2018
A smarter power grid can improve the maintenance system by providing a real-time measurement of equipment operating conditions. Such a monitoring system requires the deployment of an increased number of sensors.
MohammadJavad Hajikhani, Fabrice Labeau, Basile L. Agba   +2 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Node reliance : an approach to extending the lifetime of wireless sensor networks

, 2010
A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) consists of a number of nodes, each typically having a small amount of non-replenishable energy. Some of the nodes have sensors, which may be used to gather environmental data.
Boyd, Alan W. F.
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Miniaturized Wireless Sensor Networks

2006 International Semiconductor Conference, 2006
This paper addresses an overview of the wireless sensor networks. It is shown that MEMS/NEMS technologies and SIP concept are well suited for advanced architectures. It is also shown analog architectures have to be compatible with digital signal techniques to develop smart network of microsystem.
Lecointre, Aubin, Dragomirescu, Daniela, Dubuc, David, Grenier, Katia, Pons, Patrick, Aubert, Hervé, Müller, A., Berthou, Pascal, Gayraud, Thierry, Plana, Robert   +9 more
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Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen, Boris Rivkin, David Castellanos‐Robles, Ivan Soldatov, Lukas Beyer, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accurate Positioning System Based on Chipless Technology

Sensors, 2019
In this paper, we present an accurate method to localize an object on a 2D plan using the chipless technology. This method requires a single antenna and a chipless tag.
Nicolas Barbot, Etienne Perret
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Analysis of on-board wireless sensor network as an alternative to traditional wired network

Научный вестник МГТУ ГА, 2020
Wireless networks based on the principle and technology of Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications (WAIC), that is, wireless avionics or wireless onboard intercom are becoming increasingly widespread on modern aircraft.
S. V. Kuznetsov
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Opportunities of Semiconducting Oxide Nanostructures as Advanced Luminescent Materials in Photonics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The review discusses the challenges of wide and ultrawide bandgap semiconducting oxides as a suitable material platform for photonics. They offer great versatility in terms of tuning microstructure, native defects, doping, anisotropy, and micro‐ and nano‐structuring. The review focuses on their light emission, light‐confinement in optical cavities, and
Ana Cremades, Pedro Hidalgo, David Maestre, Ruth Martínez‐Casado, Emilio Nogales, Beatriz Rodríguez, G. Cristian Vásquez, Bianchi Méndez   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A new wireless underground network system for continuous monitoring of soil water contents

, 2009
A new stand-alone wireless embedded network system has been developed recently for continuous monitoring of soil water contents at multiple depths. This paper presents information on the technical aspects of the system, including the applied sensor ...
Ritsema, C.J., Kuipers, H., Elsen, H.G.M., van den, Havinga, P., Wolthuis, J.W., Kleiboer, L., Oostindie, K., Wesseling, J.G.   +7 more
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Absorbance based light emitting diode optical sensors and sensing devices [PDF]

, 2008
The ever increasing demand for in situ monitoring of health, environment and security has created a need for reliable, miniaturised sensing devices. To achieve this, appropriate analytical devices are required that possess operating characteristics of ...
O'Toole, Martina, Dermot Diamond, O\u27Toole, Martina, Martina O’Toole, Diamond, Dermot, Martina O’Toole   +5 more
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