Future holds promise at EXPO 2008

摘要

Wireless sensors, low power nuclear, how technology shapes society on EXPO agenda Everybody likes to have sensors. The problem is they are expensive. The expense is not around the cost of the sensors themselves, which could run around dollar1,000, but rather the cost of wiring them up, which could run into about dollar10,000. Wireless sensor networks will allow people to get all the sensor data they wish they had but cannot afford the cost of installing wire. This is the gist of keynoter Kris Pister, founder and chief technical officer at Dust Networks in Hayward, Calif., who will speak in Houston at ISA EXPO on 14 October. People in refineries have tons of information that is inaccessible. They could have five sensors not wired up for every one sensor they can afford to wire up. It is not the emission or safety data, but data they need for efficiency. The potential to go out and grab that data and prove the operation is an exciting opportunity.