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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Thanks,
MIT. Why don't you just make the rest of the world feel a little more useless. Every week or so, we're forced to stare at yet another
amazing invention
coming from your
doors; to be frank, it's just downright unfair. All childish angst aside, the latest idea to come from the institution is one that could certainly be put to good use: a self-sustaining sensor network that taps into trees for power in order to continuously monitor forests for threats of fire. Moreover, the concept could be applied in other scenarios as well -- to detect potential threats such as smuggled contraband along a nation's borders, perhaps. Testing of the wireless sensor network (developed by the appropriately named Voltree Power) is scheduled to begin next spring, and we're hearing that
pot-sniffing turtles may even be brought in to create a completely natural self-policing environment.
[Via
Inhabitat]
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