Using Smart Dust in Transport Services

• Main Authors: Bibiana Bukova, Zuzana Svecova
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences 2005-09-01
• Series: Promet (Zagreb)
• Subjects: device; smart dust; mote; monitoring
• Online Access: http://www.fpz.unizg.hr/traffic/index.php/PROMTT/article/view/644

Smarl dust utilization is a futuristic concept that considersthe usage of equipment called smart dust in the railway transporl.It appears from the technology of the near future, whosebasis are tiny sensors able to collect, process and wirelesslytransfer information. The main idea of this technology is thepossibility, in a certain space (for example inside the wagon) torecreate hundreds of tiny sensors that are designed to sense,measure and transmit data like temperature, humidity or thepower of frequency of vibrations, so they would allow detectionof some devices, people manner in some space or detailedcheck of a given surrounding.