Abstract

Modern day sensor network technology has shown great promise to transform environmental data collection. However, despite the promise, these systems have remained the purview of the engineers and computer scientists who design them rather than a useful tool for the environmental scientists who need them. SensorKit is conceived of as a way to make wireless sensor networks accessible to The People: it is an advanced, powerful tool for sensor data collection that does not require advanced technological know-how. We are aiming to make wireless sensor networks for environmental science as simple as setting up a standard home computer network by providing simple, tested configurations of commercially-available hardware, free and easy-to-use software, and step-by-step tutorials. We designed and built SensorKit using a simplicity-through-sophistication approach, supplying users a powerful sensor to …

Date

January 1, 1970

Authors

F Silva, E Graham, A Deschon, Y Lam, J Goldman, J Wroclawski, W Kaiser, T Benzel

Journal

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

Volume

2008

Pages

IN23A-1067