Pratik Desai – Chheplo’s World

Hi all,

For my future research path, i have two option available:

1) which is just dedicated to localization using WSN and it’s application in UAV, UGVs (more DoD stuff) or..

2) Fusion of indoor location aware Wireless Sensor Network Fusion with Web 2.0 technologies and create web 4.0 or Sensor Web (What Ever) ( more commercial..)

This paper i found from webofthings.com it is kind of related with my second option of sensor web fusion.

“Abstract—Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have promising industrial applications, since they reduce the gap between traditional enterprise systems and the real world. However, every particular application requires complex integration work, and therefore technical expertise, effort and time which prevents users from creating small tactical, ad-hoc applications using
sensor networks. Following the success of Web 2.0 “mashups”, we propose a similar lightweight approach for combining enterprise services (e.g. ERPs) with WSNs. Specifically, we discuss the tradi
tional integration solutions, propose and implement an alternative architecture where sensor nodes are accessible according to the REST principles. With this approach, the nodes become part
of a “Web of Things” and interacting with them as well as composing their services with existing ones, becomes almost as easy as browsing the web.”

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A new, simpler programming language for wireless sensor networks is designed for easy use by geologists who might use them to monitor volcanoes and biologists who rely on them to understand birds’ nesting behaviors, for example. Researchers at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University have written the language with the novice programmer in mind.

“Most existing programming languages for wireless sensor networks are a nightmare for nonprogrammers,” said Robert Dick, associate professor in the U-M Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. “We’re working on ways to allow the scientists who actually use the devices to program them reliably without having to hire an embedded systems programming expert.”

Finding an embedded systems expert to program a sensor network is difficult and costly and can lead to errors because the person using the network is not the person programming it, Dick said. The cost and disconnect associated with the situation means these networks aren’t being used to their full potential.

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