TOPIC:Wireless Sensor Networks and their Real Time Applications


goals:

     1.	what are wireless sensor networks?
     2. what are the different applications of wireless sensors in the 
	field of medicine?
     3. how wireless sensors are used  for visually impared 
	people.?

scope:

The present technology of using wireless sensor networks in various fields
has become very popular. Smart sensors, which has more intelligence built
in it are being used. In this paper I describe two such applications of
wireless sensors in major fields like Mechanical and in-home health care.
Firstly, I describe how wireless Sensor technology is used to improve the
ability to control door seal gaps and reduce wind noise and water leaks.
Secondly, I explain how wireless sensor networks are used for in-home
health care for elder people.

references

[1] F. L. LEWIS , Wireless Sensor Networks available from
http://arri.uta.edu/acs/networks/ WirelessSensorNetChap04.pdf1


[2] S. K. S. Gupta, S. Lalwani, Y. Prakash, E. Elsharawy, and L. Schwiebert, 
   Towards a Propagation Model for Wireless Biomedical Applications,. to 
   appear in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2003), May 
   2003.  

[3] L. Schwiebert, S.K.S. Gupta, P. Siy, G. Auner, G. Abrams, R. Iezzi, and P. McAllister, " A Biomedical Smart Sensor 
for the Visually Impaired," in IEEE Sensors 2002, paper no. 62-2, 6 pages, June 2002.

[4] V. Shankar, A. Natarajan, S. K. S.Gupta, and L. Schwiebert, " Energy-efficient Protocols for Wireless Communication 
in Biosensor Networks," in the 12th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communication, pages 
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[5] Loren Schwiebert, Sandeep Gupta (Arizona State University, USA), Jennifer Weinmann , Ayad Salhieh, Vikram Shankar, 
Valliapan Annamalai, Manish Kochhal, and Greg Auner " Research Challenges in Wireless Networks of Biomedical Sensors," 
in the 7th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MOBICOM), pages 151-165, July 2001, Rome, 
Italy.

[6] futu.hut.fi/sensors.html, tue Sept 17, 2002

[7] available from http://www.microstrain.com

[8] available from http://www.healthcentral.com/news/news.cfm