"The main cause of wasted energy consumption in wireless sensor networks is packet collision. The packet scheduling algorithm is therefore introduced to solve this problem. Some packet scheduling algorithms can also influence and delay the data transmitting in the real-time wireless sensor networks. This paper presents the packet scheduling algorithm (PSA) in order to reduce the packet congestion in MAC layer leading to reduce the overall of packet collision in the system The PSA is compared with the simple CSMA/CA and other approaches using network topology benchmarks in mathematical method. The performances of our PSA are better than the standard (CSMA/CA). The PSA produces better throughput than other algorithms. On other hand, the average delay of PSA is higher than previous works. However, the PSA utilizes the channel better than all algorithms."

"In this paper a generalization of the Voronoi partition is used for solving a heterogeneous distributed locational optimization problem for autonomous agents, such as AGVs, UAVs, etc. The problem addressed is of optimal deployment of agents equipped with sensors, having heterogeneous capabilities, and limited range, to maximize sensor coverage. An objective function for optimal deployment of agents is formulated, and its critical points are determined. The optimal deployment is shown to be the generalized centroidal Voronoi configuration in which the agents are located at the centroids of the corresponding generalized Voronoi cells. Formal results on stability, convergence, and on spatial distribution of the proposed control laws responsible for agent motion, under some constraints on the agents' speeds and limit on sensor range are provided. The theoretical results are supported with illustrative simulation"

"The ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN) publishes high-quality papers reporting significant results in the research and applications of distributed, wireless or wireline sensor and actuator networks. As an interdisciplinary field, sensor networks draw upon many disciplines including signal processing, networking and protocols, embedded systems, information management, and distributed algorithms. Potential synergies among these fields are expected to open up new research directions."

Kinda want to see if I could work for these guys...

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via http://www.slideshare.net/factoryjoe/activitystreams-is-it-getting-streamy-in-here slide 82-85, 87 "The Orwell law of the future: any new technology that can be tried will be." "You can see a book whole from the outside. You know in advance how a book is laid out — where the contents or the index will be — and how to "operate" one. As you work through it, you always know where you stand: how far you have gone and how much is left.""Miniaturization was the big theme in the first age of computers: rising power, falling prices, computers for everybody. Theme of the Second Age now approaching: computing transcends computers.""Our standard policy on file names has far-reaching consequences: doesn't merely force us to make up names where no name is called for; also imposes strong limits on our handling of an important class of documents — ones that arrive from the outside world. A newly-arrived email message (for example) can't stand on its own as a separate document — can't show up alongside other files in searches, sit by itself on the desktop, be opened or printed independently; it has no name, so it must be buried on arrival inside some existing file (the mail file) that does have a name. The same holds for incoming photos and faxes, Web bookmarks, scanned images...""The point of lifestreams isn't to shift from one software structure to another but to shift the whole premise of computerized information: to stop building glorified file cabinets and start building (simplified, abstract) artificial minds; and to store our electronic lives inside."" lifestreams can turn office paper into a temporary medium — for use, not storage. "On paper" is a good place for information you want to use; a bad place for information you want to store."

Nikolaos M. Freris, Hemant Kowshik, P. R. Kumar

"The game, in which players shoot down alien invaders while avoiding friendly ships, is rigged to a heart-rate monitor worn by the player. If the player's heart rate goes too high during the game, the game becomes more difficult to control. In response, the player then employs relaxation techniques previously learned in therapy within the context of the game, slowing their heart rate and calming them down. "The idea is to create a mildly stressful situation where the player must regulate his response," said Kahn. "Hopefully that ability to exert control will expand to other situations.""

Steven M. LaValle