Smart dust is a network of tiny sensor motes that can detect environmental conditions like light and vibrations. Each mote contains sensors and computational ability to communicate wirelessly with other motes or a base station. Though constrained by their small size, the motes conserve power by powering on intermittently to perform tasks then powering off. Potential applications include environmental monitoring and situations where wired sensors are impractical. While smart dust enables connectivity and low costs, privacy concerns and challenges around power management and self-maintenance exist. However, companies are investing in the technology to integrate it into future systems and networks.

1. SMART DUST
BY,
B.SHUSRUSHA

2. CONTENTS:
• INTRODUCTION
• REQUIREMENTS
• WORKING
• APPLICATIONS
• ADVANTAGES And DisadvantageS
• Challenging Factors
• Future of Smart Dust

3. INTRODUCTION
• Smart Dust is a self-contained network of tiny motes each having
the capability of sensing and monitoring the environment
conditions.
• Smart Dust concept has been credited to researchers at the
University of California, Bekerley in 1997 by Prof. Kris Pister.
• They contain sensors which have the computational capability.
• They can communicate with a base station or with other motes
depending on the application.
• The transmission is carried out by microscopic devices known as
micro electromechanical system (MEMS).
• They are tiny wireless microelectromechanical sensors (MEMS) that
can detect everything from light to vibrations

4. Working Of Smart Dust
• Run by microcontroller
– Determines the task performed by the mote
– Controls power
• Primary constraint of smart dust is volume.
• Most of the time mote if off with only timers
running
• When a timer expires, it powers mote to carry
out a job , then powers off.

5. Working(cont..)

6. APPLICATIONS
• Smart Dust may be deployed over a region to
record data for meteorological, geophysical or
planetary research.
• It may be employed to perform
measurements in environments where wired
sensors are unusable or lead to
measurements errors.

7. APPLICATIONS(cont..)
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8. ADVANTAGES
• Small Size
• Better Connectivity
• Low Cost

9. Disadvantages
• The main concern is privacy.
• This device can be used to spy on people
without their approval.
• The information transmitted through this
sensors

10. CHALLENGING FACTORS
• Sensor nodes breakdown
• The battery management
• Chance of unique addressing would not be
feasible.
• Maintenance or fixing of the network would
be completely self-governing.

11. FUTURE SMART DUST
• Smart dust is likely to be the core industries of
the future world.
• Tech Giants, Cisco Systems and IBM have
started investing millions of dollars to employ
smart dusts in systems and networking
technology.
• There may be an opportunity to integrate this
technology into mobile solutions to transform
business processes in the future.

12. THANK YOU