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Wireless sensor networking for Industrial Monitoring
and Control and homeland security has very a large
market potential. Industrial sensors are used
to measure an almost unlimited amount of parameters
such as temperature, pressure, gas content, vapor
content, motion, humidity, light, acceleration,
vibration, and viscosity.
In the United States alone, there are more than
1.7 million mining, construction, utilities, manufacturing,
transportation, and warehousing operations. Assuming
the average square footage for each area is only
20,000, there is a potential of 34 billion square
feet that could be covered with wireless sensors
(On World).
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