Communicators and controllers for autonomous wireless sensor networks

这项研究的长期目标是实现体积小于100立方毫米的无线传感和计算设备（“motes”）。考虑到这些设备的规模表明，它们可以形成由10万个粒子组成的超密集网络。这种规模的网络被设想为直接与我们的环境相连接的分布式计算设备，并且能够影响它以满足我们的需求。减小粒子的大小增加了它们可以形成的网络的大小，也增加了这种网络可以引入的空间的多样性。今天，微尘的位移大约为100,000立方毫米，形成了大约100个元素的网络。目前，这项技术已经被证明是环境监测、监视和医疗保健的有用工具。

The long-term objective of the research proposed in this grant is the realization of wireless sensing and computing devices ("motes") less than 100 cubic-mm in volume. The scale considered for these devices suggests that they could form ultra dense networks consisting on the order of 100,000 motes. Networks of this size are envisioned as distributed computing devices directly interfaced to our environment and capable of influencing it to our needs. Reducing mote size increases the size of the network they can form and also increases the diversity of spaces to which this network can be introduced. Today, motes displace roughly 100,000 cubic-mm and form networks of around 100 elements. At present this technology has already been demonstrated as a useful tool for environmental monitoring, surveillance, and health care.