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silicon.com > White Papers > Networking and Communications > Mobile and Wireless
Using WiMAX Technology to Improve Volcano Monitoring: The WEIRD System
...use and the introduction of wireless technologies in particular emergency scenarios, like volcano monitoring. Active volcano surveillance is based prevalently on the analysis of geophysical... Read more
Apr 23, 2009
silicon.com > White Papers > Networking and Communications > Mobile and Wireless
Using WiMAX for Volcano Monitoring During an Emergency: The WEIRD System
...paper shows how the WiMAX technology has been used to improve the volcano monitoring systems in emergency situations, with a special reference to Campi Flegrei... Read more
Apr 23, 2009
silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.11.08
...worryingly got back 'my sister'. The "traditional Kentish accent" returned searches for 'volcanoes' after a query about 'pizza takeaways'. Someone searching for 'fish' also reportedly... Read more
Nov 21, 2008
silicon.com > Technology > Software
Photos: Nasa's top 10 on Earth
...known as Harrat Khaybar, as seen in a photo taken this year. Volcanoes flowed in the north-south vent system over the past five million... Read more
Apr 24, 2008
silicon.com > White Papers > Networking and Communications > Mobile and Wireless
Ad-Hoc Wireless Sensor Positioning in Hazardous Areas
...range measurements. Based on a fine digital surface model of the Sakurajima volcano, various scenarios for setting up a monitoring network are assessed Read more
Apr 3, 2009
silicon.com > Technology > Networks
...She's gonna blow': Satellite technology monitors Italian volcano
Tectonic activity in the Med... Read more
Jan 10, 2003
silicon.com > Technology > Networks
Photos: Google Earth showcases natural disasters
An active volcano might not seem like the ideal location to live but around 450... Read more
Nov 17, 2006
silicon.com > White Papers > Networking and Communications > Network Management
Towards TCP/IP for Wireless Sensor Networks
...networks makes it possible to monitor places like nuclear disaster areas or volcano craters without requiring humans to be immediately present. Many wireless sensor network... Read more
Dec 27, 2007
silicon.com > Special Features > Gambling
The Vegas CIO: Tim Stanley, Harrah's Entertainment
Meet the man who runs the IT which runs the biggest casino company in the world... Read more
Jul 13, 2005
silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 14.02.03
'Thrust worthy' 419 scams, Desktop Ozzie, Woz's mansion and congestion charge views... Read more
Feb 14, 2003
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