Articles for tag: Environmental Monitoring, Microsensors, remote sensing, Smart Dust, Wireless Sensors

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Why Smart Dust Could Change How We Monitor the Planet

Suhail Ahmed

The idea sounds almost mythical: clouds of tiny sensors drifting through forests, deserts, and cities, quietly reading the world’s pulse. Yet after years of prototypes and lab demos, that vision is edging toward field reality. From wildfire-prone canyons to fragile wetlands, researchers are testing networks of micro‑devices that can sense heat, humidity, motion, chemicals, or ...