单词 | smart dust |
释义 | > as lemmassmart dust smart dust n. Telecommunications a (hypothetical) collection of many minute sensors or other devices capable of wireless communication, designed to perform a task, esp. monitoring or detection, while dispersed over a certain area. ΚΠ 1998 V. S. Hsu et al. in Univ. Calif., Berkeley: Electronics Res. Lab. Memo. M98/2 (title) Wireless communications for smart dust. 2000 N.Y. Times 31 Dec. iv. 4/3 Clouds of ‘smart dust’—tiny computers and sensors each a cubic millimeter in size—will course through the skies monitoring the weather or the traffic below. 2010 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) July 40/2 These machines might be used for roles that range from ‘smart dust’ that detects the enemy to cellular-level machines. < as lemmas |
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