SMART DUST
Autonomous sensing and communication in a cubic millimeter
PI: Kris Pister
Co-investigators: Joe Kahn,
Bernhard
Boser
Subcontract: Steve Morris, MLB
Co.
Supported by the DARPA/ETO
MEMS program
Projects
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Laser communication from a cubic millimeter
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Mote Delivery
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Micro Air Vehicles
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Micro Rockets
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Silicon maple and dandelion seeds
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Sub-microWatt Electronics
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Power Sources
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Macro Motes (COTS Dust)
Students
Presentations/reports
Publications
Overview:
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J. M. Kahn, R. H. Katz and K. S. J. Pister, "Mobile Networking for Smart
Dust", to be presented at ACM/IEEE Intl. Conf. on Mobile Computing and
Networking (MobiCom 99), Seattle, WA, August 17-19, 1999. (Postscript/
PDF)
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K. S. J. Pister, J. M. Kahn and B. E. Boser, "Smart Dust: Wireless Networks
of Millimeter-Scale Sensor Nodes", Highlight Article in 1999 Electronics
Research Laboratory Research Summary. (postscript,
PDF)
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V. Hsu, J. M. Kahn, and K. S. J. Pister, "Wireless Communications for Smart
Dust", Electronics Research Laboratory Technical Memorandum Number M98/2,
February, 1998. (postscript
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PDF)
The early work on corner cubes at UCLA:
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Chu, P.B., Lo, N.R., Berg, E., Pister, K.S.J, "Optical Communication Link
Using Micromachined Corner Cuber Reflectors", Proc. SPIE vol.3008-20. (postscript)
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Chu, P.B., Lo, N.R., Berg, E., Pister, K.S.J, "Optical Communication Using
Micro Corner Cuber Reflectors", MEMS 97, Nagoya, Japan, 26-30 Jan 1997,
pp. 350-5. (postscript)