Not exact matches
Saildrone's fleet of sailboats — which are outfitted with dozens of
sensors, measurement tools,
and cameras — can capture data on fish
and wildlife populations,
environmental health, ocean temperatures, weather,
and climate change.
These system - on - a-chip innovations will drive a host of new technologies
and products in the consumer
and business marketplace, including smart phones, tablets,
and laptops; 3D systems for gaming; ultrafast
and secure computer servers
and IT systems;
and sensor technology for emerging
health care, clean energy
and environmental applications.
There are
environmental sensor networks that can monitor the
health of crops,
and you can buy large, expensive GPS
sensors for tracking shipping containers.
The research highlights the important role that big data, including streams from social media
and environmental sensors, could play in addressing
health challenges, Ram said.
EPA, together with the National Institutes of
Health's (NIH's) National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
and the Department of
Health and Human Services, today announced a nationwide competition to develop new, highly portable
sensors that can measure air quality while monitoring a person's physiological response to air pollution.
«Our study highlights the usefulness of dense
sensor networks for urban weather
and climate research with practical implications for human
health, energy consumption,
and environmental quality.»
Aclima, the San Francisco - based company delivering
environmental intelligence through
sensor networks to improve human
and planetary
health, was selected among hundreds of candidates as one of the World Economic Forum's «technology pioneers»