Mauro Prevostini

World's Smallest Solar Powered Sensor

Sunday, 14 February 2010 10:50 administrator

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a tiny solar powered sensor - 1,000 times smaller than comparable commercial counterparts.

The system’s processor, solar cells, and battery are all contained in a frame measuring 2.5 x 3.5 x 1mm. The system contains the ARM Cortex-M3 processor, which uses about 2,000 times less power in sleep mode than its most energy-efficient counterpart on the market today.

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Last Updated on Sunday, 14 February 2010 10:57

Crossbow Technology Acquisition

Tuesday, 26 January 2010 08:11 administrator

Last week, MEMSIC announced the acquisition of selected product lines, intellectual property and fixed assets from Crossbow Technology, Inc. The transaction extends MEMSIC’s sensor integration and solution capabilities, expands its product lines, and strengthens its sales and marketing capabilities.

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Back online in 2010

Friday, 08 January 2010 17:42 administrator

After some hackers' visits at the end of 2009, I'm back online again. 'Nice' experience :-). Joomla! is a nice CMS if you install its updates regularly...
The experience is very bad when hackers are also crackers. It may be possible that they use your website to do phishing. But... at the end I'm back to the virtual world again.

See you soon with some new interesting articles.

Mauro ;-)

Last Updated on Friday, 08 January 2010 18:14

Environmental Sensing - eKo Style

Saturday, 09 January 2010 12:01 administrator

This past month, Crossbow displayed the award-winning eKo system at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco. The eKo system provides a key new alternative by which scientists and researchers can gather data from their environment with an ease and efficiency previously unavailable.