The design of a fully autonomous and wireless actuator node ("wEcoValve mote") based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard is presented. The system allows remote control (open/close) of a 3-lead magnetic latch solenoid, commonly ...

The first step to detect when a vineyard has any type of deficiency, pest or disease is to observe its stems, its grapes and/or its leaves. To place a sensor in each leaf of every vineyard is obviously not feasible in terms ...

This paper describes a wireless sensor-actuator network to monitor and manage thermostatically controlled loads, mainly heating and cooling loads, which accounts for around 50% of the residential electricity consumption. ...

[EN] Flying ad-hoc networks are becoming a promising solution for different application scenarios involving unmanned aerial vehicles, like urban surveillance or search and rescue missions. However, such networks present ...

Globally, mobile communications are moving toward broadband communication systems to meet the challenges of significantly increasing data traffic such as that for mobile Internet applications. In order to meet this increasing ...

[ES] Durante estos últimos cuatro años, la industria fotovoltaica (FV) ha tenido que enfrentarse a su primer proceso de consolidación, debido, entre otros factores, a la crisis económica. En esas circunstancias, la FV tiene ...

[EN] An in-body sensor network is that in which at least one of the sensors is located inside the human body. Such wireless in-body sensors are used mainly in medical applications, collecting and monitoring important ...