ANYL 212 |
| There have been tremendous developments in recent years in the realisation of the vision of ubiquitous or ambient computing, which has the objective of making computing and communications technologies disappear into the background of everyday life. The next stage of evolution of this technology will be the introduction of context awareness through the availability of widely distributed sensing. In recent years, this has given rise to the concept of ‘wireless networked sensors' or WSNs, in which information from a multitude of sensing devices spread over extended geographical areas can be immediately accessible. To date, research into WSNs has been overwhelmingly dominated by transducers such as photodetectors, pressure sensors and thermistors. In this paper, I will discuss the reasons for the relatively poor level of integration of the chemo/bio-sensor research with WSNs, and highlight the significant opportunities for materials science to bridge this gap.
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Honoring Joe Wang, Recipient of the Electrochemical Analysis Award
8:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, 12 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Room 123, Oral
Division of Analytical Chemistry |