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Sensors on the March
Source: Computerworld
They're everywhere. Tiny wireless microelectromechanical sensors-also known as "smart dust"
or "motes"-are monitoring temperature, humidity, stress and motion in settings as diverse as
crop fields, bridges, factories, warships and the branches of Northern California's mighty
redwood trees.
Now, imagine these so-called MEMS implanted in your body, periodically sending joint-load
alerts to the orthopedic surgeon who performed your knee or hip replacement. Given extremely
rapid advances in the intelligence and flexibility of sensor-based microcontrollers, such
"smart implants" aren't all that far-fetched, experts say.
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