tiny electronic devices in the form of dust particles which contain sensors and can be used for wireless communicationSubmitted by: Kerry from United Kingdom on 17/03/2016
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Smart dust was originally the brainchild of a project at the University of California in Berkeley, USA. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency began funding research into smart dust in 1998. The Berkeley project, entitled ‘SMART DUST: Autonomous sensing and communication in a cubic millimeter’ was led by Kristofer Pister, Professor of Electrical Engineering.