Archive for the ‘sensors’ Category
IBM to Open a Smarter Infrastructure Lab at Carnegie Mellon
IBM is opening a Smarter Infrastructure Lab at Carnegie Mellon University to develop sensors and systems to monitor the state of infrastructure. The intent is to monitor and analyze the state of buildings, roads, water lines and other urban infrastructure. The software and systems will be tuned to process, monitor and analyze the data from [...]
How the U-City Concept will Impact the Geospatial Industry
The following is an advance summary of a talk that I’m giving this Friday at the Nevada GIS Conference in Las Vegas. The title is, “Can U-City be Our City?: How South Korea’s Vision for a Wireless Sensor City Will Impact Geospatial Practice.”
You’ve likely heard of South Korea’s U-City concept, where the u [...]
What if the dispersants could also carry nano-scale location sensors?
Wouldn’t it be great if the dispersant used to break up the Deepwater Horizon oil gusher could contain nano-scale sensors that could be tracked? The concept isn’t too far-fetched, but admittedly ahead of its time. If the dispersants could also distribute nano-scale sensors that could cling to the oil particles, they could be used to [...]
WeatherBug’s Sensor Network and Real-time Data
I just received a video from WeatherBug about their data and infrastructure and was impressed to learn that they have more than 8,000 live weather stations throughout the United States and Canada. This is the largest private weather sensing network, and they have just added the capability to detect lightning. The ability to detect both [...]