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Dust Networks Demonstrates Self-Powered IPV6 Wireless Sensor Network

Ultra low power 6LoWPAN WSN runs entirely on harvested energy

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Dust Networks demonstrated a SmartMesh IP 6LoWPAN wireless network running on harvested energy at the IDTechEx Wireless Sensor Network & RTLS Summit in Munich, Germany, June 21 – 22, 2011. For the first time anywhere, all of the nodes in the network, including the IPv6 routing nodes, ran on energy harvested from a variety of devices, including the Micropelt TE-Power thermogenerator and the Cymbet EnerChip CC rechargeable solid state battery trickle-charged by a small off-the-shelf d...

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