Sensing data is not enough, the real challenge is developing the algorithms to make sense of the information within context. With such IOT technology as Waggle a leap forward can be made on making sense of our environment.
Will this be part of the UK initiatives on Smart Cities? Environmental science ? and driving computing into every aspect of our lives?
Waggle can gather the data, send it up to the cloud and get a really fantastic picture of whatever physical processes the researcher wants, whether it's city or climate data or even hyperspectral data from plants," said Argonne senior computer scientist and project leader Pete Beckman. "This is the equivalent of a microscope looking at a cell, except we're using sensors, turning them towards the environment and getting the most comprehensive picture yet of what is actually happening.
