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9-5-2003

Contact: Anish Arora, (614) 292-1836

Ohio State smart dust event draws =93a = line in the=20 sand=94
Media invited to demonstration of new=20 technology

Ohio State University researchers are about to = demonstrate new=20 technology that could help the U.S. military on future = battlefields.=20

Next Monday (9/8), tiny wireless sensors scattered on the = lawn of=20 the Chemical Abstracts Service will detect the movement of = vehicles=20 and people on foot -- and determine if a person may be = carrying a=20 weapon.=20

The sensors are integrated with =93smart dust=94 devices = designed at=20 the University of California, Berkeley, and Ohio State leads = a=20 consortium of universities that is working to develop large = scale=20 applications for the technology. The project, dubbed =93A = Line in the=20 Sand,=94 is funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects = Agency=20 (DARPA).=20

Anish Arora, professor of computer and information = science and=20 head of the consortium, will discuss how the pager-sized = sensors=20 collaborate with each other and relay their decision to a = central=20 computer.=20

While these sensors are being tested in labs across the = country,=20 Ohio State has made special contributions to the project by=20 designing network services that let a large number of = sensors=20 collaborate efficiently and reliably, and by incorporating a = tiny=20 radar device. Ultimately, Arora wants the research to carry = over to=20 other aspects of his specialty: computer networking.=20

=93These sensors have changed the way we look at = networking,=94 he=20 said.=20

WHAT: Smart dust demonstration=20

WHERE: Chemical Abstracts Service lawn (near the = site of=20 Picnic at the Pops). Take State Route 315 to the Ackerman = Rd. exit,=20 head east on Ackerman to the Olentangy River Rd. = intersection.=20 Chemical Abstracts Service is located at the southeast = corner of=20 Ackerman and Olentangy (Please note that Ackerman Rd. = changes to=20 Dodridge Rd. on the east side of Olentangy River Rd.). The=20 demonstration will take place near a tent on the northeast = portion=20 of the lawn, close to Dodridge Rd. and the Olentangy River.=20

WHEN: 11:30 a.m. Monday (event should run = approximately=20 half an hour). In the event of rain, the event will be = postponed to=20 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 9, 2003.=20

WHY: See tomorrow=92s battlefield technology in = action.=20

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Contact: Anish Arora, (614) 292-1836; Arora.9@osu.edu =
Written by Pam=20 Frost Gorder, (614) 292-9475; Gorder.1@osu.edu =

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