When we hear the word “dust”, the first thing that comes to our mind is a powdery substance with zero value. Smart dust is a tiny device with extensive applications in science and technology.

If you are looking for the next disruptive technology headed for the enterprise: think dust. No, not small grains of sand, soot or dirt but similarly sized particles that have a brain. Smart dust, a ...

Telescope lenses someday might come in aerosol cans. Scientists at Rochester Institute of Technology and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory are exploring a new type of space telescope with an aperture ...

Jen A. Miller is the author of Running: A Love Story. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, CIO Dive, Supply Chain Dive. and Runner's World. She lives in N.J. with her dog ...

To join the CNBC Technology Executive Council, go to cnbccouncils.com/tec "Smart dust" sensors, brain-computer interfaces, robotic exoskeletons and 4-D printing are ...

The SM-PWM-01-A (527-SM-PWM-01A) is a smart dust sensor featuring a constant forced air convection typically used for dust detection in air and indoor air quality monitoring. It can detect a particle ...

They’re small, smart and vigilant, the sort of miniature technology that science fiction writers once dreamed of. But the battery-powered, wireless sensors sometimes known as “smart dust” are here, ...

In computing, the vision always precedes the reality by a decade or more. The pattern has held true from the personal computer to the Internet, as it takes time, brainpower and investment to conquer ...

Computers as small and light as particles of dust are moving out of the realm of science fiction, according to a recent Wall Street Journal story. It changes what is possible in computing. It opens up ...

A journalist contacted me yesterday to ask my opinions on a possible future security threat – smart dust. According to the “Life and How We’ll Live It” Futurizon report, commissioned by Fujitsu, ...