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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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In this talk, information will be given about the efforts made by UC San Diego for the research, incubation and education in the new area of Trillion Sensors. Dr. Pisano will discuss the global concept of “abundance” and how exponential growth in appropriate industries actually can be used to eliminate the gap between global supply and global demand of essential services and needs. One of these “exponential growth” industries is sensors, and there is an estimate that 45 trillion sensors will be built and networked in the next 20 years. Examples of candidates for “Trillion Sensors” will be described, including environmental monitoring, mobile health, precision drug delivery and implantable nanotechnology for the human body. For the concluding part of the talk, a novel nanoprinting technology will be described (advective or “dry” nanoprinting). This new kind of nanoprinting holds promise to deliver the high volumes of sensors needed for the Trillion Sensor universe.
