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Sidebar: Smart Sensoring--How It Works
Source: Computerworld
One of the most recent applications of today's smarter, energy-saving sensor networks is on
the Ben Franklin Bridge, which spans the Delaware River, linking Philadelphia and Camden,
N.J.The bridge carries automobile, train and pedestrian traffic. Bridge officials want to
measure the strain on the structure as high-speed commuter trains cross.
MicroStrain Inc. installed a series of 10 smart sensors, which they programmed to "sleep"
most of the time. The sensors wake up only when they sense a train approaching.
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