Energy harvesting is gradually becoming an important technology for several applications. It involves the process of capturing and storing energy from autonomous devices like those used in wearable electronics and wireless sensor networks. Fabrice Poulin, the Managing Director of Infinergia…
Author: Dr. Celestine Iwendi
Celestine Iwendi is a Sensor and Electronics Researcher at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He can be reached at celestine.iwendi@ieee.org
Data Stream Management Systems For Sensor Networks
Security of Things – The WSN Effect
Researchers of the wireless sensor network group of the School of Engineering at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland have investigated and proposed what may be the beginning of ‘Security of Things’ that will help future application of the ‘Internet of…
Energy Harvester Made Simple
Researchers at Noise in Physical System (NiPS) Laboratory of the University of Perugia and INFN Perugia, Italy have developed an extreme low power energy rectification, storage and management circuitry that is used to power a small digital wireless sensor with…
Benefits of Cloud computing To Wireless Sensor Networks
According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), “Cloud Computing (CC) is an innovative technological paradigm that provides convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (for example, sensors) that can be rapidly provisioned…
WSN Power Issues: Dealing With Dynamic Current Measurements
To maximize battery life, most portable devices including mobile and sensor nodes spend the majority of their operating life time in an idle or sleep mode and operate in short bursts of activity to conserve power. The scenerio causes the…
Energy Harvesting System Using 3-Stage Voltage Multiplier & MPVD Charge Pump for WSN
A 3-Stage Voltage Multiplier and Charge Pump has been successfully designed for Energy Harvesting System in Wireless Sensor Network by a team of researchers and the Analog Research Group, Texas Tech University, Lubbock. In a paper presented at the IEEE…
The Impact of Internet Of Things In Big Data Approach & Future Internet
“The evolution of the Internet towards the Future Internet, with the Internet of Things (IoT) as one of the main drivers, is defining an extension from the initial Internet. This Intranet of Things is being extended to smart things with…
Security Technologies: An Industry Perspective
Security has always been about maintaining the initiative over potential threats using a balance of people, procedures and technology. As organisations seek enduring, cost-effective and proportionate security solutions, this balance point continuously moves with the ever-increasing capability of security technology.…