Talk:Smartdust

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http://www.smartwater.com - Omegatron 21:12, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

I'm not sure why "motes" redirects to this page. "mote" is a much broader topic than nanotechnology or anything listed on this page currently.

Not anymore. — Omegatron 21:35, 17 February 2006 (UTC)Reply

There should be a separate article for "motes", they are real world technology capable of being implemented wear smartdust is still quite a ways out there. http://computer.howstuffworks.com/mote.htm is a good article about motes. — Zath42 05:14, 12 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

This article need seriouse rewriting. First of all Smart Dust was originally a Darpa project back in 70's and 80's afaik. I think the project is called SENSIT now, it's either the same project or the follow up.

Sorry I can't provide any references right now.

--- Haakoo // Håkon K. Olafsen

Is this still in the realm of "hypothetical" or have their been technical advances to make this concept a reality?

Nwjerseyliz (talk) 15:32, 28 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

{{A recent review [2] discusses various techniques to take smartdust in sensor networks beyond millimeter dimensions to the micrometre level.}} There is no source for this, as the link no longer works. 128.240.229.3 (talk) 14:56, 8 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

Section "Implementations" should be completely removed - none of companies are implementing smartdust (which is just a concept - there is NO implementation for it). The companies work in area of wireless sensor networks, and produce motes that are considerably larger than the "dust". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Caligari.werden (talk • contribs) 09:29, 20 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Economic and social concerns

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Integrating smart dust into existing systems is very expensive. Especially when it is deployed in large systems or satellites. Because of the high costs, many organizations cannot afford it.

This prediction is contrary to the usual pattern that technology is cheaper the second time. —Antonissimo (talk) 04:22, 5 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Talk:Smartdust

Economic and social concerns