Sensors and Embedded Systems
Today it can be said colloquially that a car is a computer on wheels and an aircraft is a flying computer. CITRIS has been at the forefront of developing tiny, inexpensive sensors, which are being combined with tiny microcomputer and low power wireless networks to create Wireless Sensor Networks or motes. These wireless networks are being used for monitoring and control of a wide array of civil and industrial systems, and for completely novel applications.