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I did a presentation for my graduation from Microsystems Academy.
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I chose wireless MEMS because I was interested in how the systems were powered. When I did my research I discoved that MEMS
are being powered in every way imaginable from solar to nuclear.
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The Smart Dust project was funded by DARPA. Smart Dust is composed of a power
source, a way for the motes to communicate with each other, a processor and a sensor.
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Smart dust systems are made with redundant motes so that if one breaks down the other motes in the system can keep functioning
without it.
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The most familiar item in which you will find wireless MEMS is the cell phone but they are being developed in a wide variety
of areas. Smart dust systems can be used by firefighters to find the safest route of a building. They can be implanted in
heart patients to monitor the pressure in the arteries. A lot of research is currently being done to make MEMS devices to
help the handicapped.
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Wireless MEMS have many cost and performance advantages over more traditional technologies.
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