SMART DUST

NANCY MALI
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 ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY

 Smartdust is a system of many tiny microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) such as

sensors, robots, or other devices, that can detect,
 for example, light, temperature, vibration, magnetism, or chemicals.
 They are usually operated on a computer network wirelessly and are distributed over some
area to perform tasks, usually sensing through radio-frequency identification.
 Without an antenna of much greater size the range of tiny smart dust communication devices
is measured in a few millimeters and they may be vulnerable to electromagnetic disablement
and destruction by microwave exposure.
HISTORY

 A Smart Dust research propose was presented to DARPA written by Kristofer S. J. Pister,
Joe Kahn, and Bernhard Boser, all from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1997.
 The proposal, to build wireless sensor nodes with a volume of one cubic millimeter, was
selected for funding in 1998.
 The project led to a working mote smaller than a grain of rice, and larger "COTS Dust"
devices kicked off the TinyOS effort at Berkeley.
 The concept was later expanded upon by Kris Pister in 2001. A recent review discusses
various techniques to take smartdust in sensor networks beyond millimeter dimensions to
the micrometre level.
 The Ultra-Fast Systems component of the Nanoelectronics
Research Centre at the University of Glasgow is a
founding member of a large international consortium
which is developing a related concept: smart specks.
 Smart Dust entered the Gartner Hype Cycle on Emerging
Technologies in 2003,and returned in 2013 as the most
speculative entrant.
 The DARPA (NASA) has been funding Smart Dust
research heavily seeing virtually limitless applications in
the sphere of modern warfare.
USES

 Environmental Prediction
 Military Application.
 Agriculture
 Transportation
 Virtual Keyboards.
 Monitor Traffic
 Factory automation
ADVANTAGES

 Does not requires unbroken line of sight and the link directionality.
 Communication between the dust motes and the base stations can be
guaranteed.
 It has a longer range of communication link than that of a free space
passive optical communication.
 Small Size.
 Better connectivity.
 Low cost.
 DISADVANTAGES

 Privacy is hampered.
 Security of information.
 Optical fiber cable restricts the mobility of the dust motes.
 Since a base stations should employ several optical components for
fiber connection to each dust mote, it may complicate the base station
design.
 Startups

 Hitachi is working on it currently to make the dust at low

cost as possible.
 Panasonic
 Aarhus university
 University of Ghent
 White Lab
 Swiss federal institute of technology
Future scope

 There are many ongoing researches going on Smart Dust, the main purpose of the
researchers is to make Smart Dust Mote as small as possible, and to make it Available
at a low price as possible. Soon we will see Smart Dust in varies application from all
spans of life.
 Not yet cross the chasm as the technology is not yet involved or being used in public
or for general purpose.
 It will take time to evolve and get a big start and will be a big revolution for the
world.
 Video: Julie McCann: Smart dust – YouTube
Thank You!