The advantages of Smart Dust are numerous. For example, three ways that an organization can benefit from using Smart Dust are in safety, productivity, and compliance[5].
The safety applications of Smart Dust are well suited to factories. For example, they can be used to detect rusting and corrosion in old pipes before they burst as well as gathering valuable data from dangerous environments[5]. Smart dust can also be used to monitor the condition of any type of machinery and emit reminders when preventive maintenance or repairs are required.
The productivity applications are also many. For example, Smart Dust can be used to automate many ritual and monotonous tasks which still require careful attention and precision, such as calibrating instruments and making precise measurements. Motes can perform all sorts of repetitive tasks so that employees can focus on other, less routine tasks, and therefore be more productive[5].
Smart Dust will also have incredible application to quality control systems as they can detect all sorts of defects and anomalies in products. Smart Dust can be inserted into almost any product and continuously monitor things that ensure the products quality from Carbon Dioxide emissions, tire pressure, humidity to determining the presence of toxic materials and even the structural integrity of buildings[5][6].
The applications listed above will provide tremendous advantages to companies in terms of safety, productivity and quality control.
References:
[5] http://smarterthandust.blogspot.com/2008/11/advantages-of-smartdust.html
[6] http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/techexec/2004/0607techexec1.html?page=1
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