Smart dust is a system of tiny sensors and devices known as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) that can detect things like light, temperature, and chemicals. They communicate wirelessly with a base station or other smart dust motes. Smart dust motes are fabricated using MEMS techniques and contain microcontrollers, sensors, memory, and operating systems on a very small scale. They face challenges related to their small size, like limited battery capacity. Potential applications of smart dust include environmental monitoring, healthcare, military, and security uses. While very small, smart dust also raises privacy and security concerns due to the data it can collect and transmit wirelessly.

1. SMART DUST
BY PIETER-JAN TYVAERT

2. Contents
Introduction
Fabrication of smart dust
Working
Major challenges
Applications
Advantages & disadvantages
Conclusion

3. Introduction
Smartdust is a system of many tiny microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) such as sensors, robots,
or other devices, that can detect, for example, light, temperature, vibration, magnetism, or chemicals.
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)

4. Sensors and other devices
 Micro-controller
 Processor
 Tiny operating system
 3KB RAM memory

5. Fabrication
of smart dust

6. Working
 They run by a microcontroller
 Microcontrollers consist of tiny sensors
for recording various types of data
 Data is send to base controlling station
 CCR built using MEMS technique

7. Major challenges
Difficult to be both small
size wise and energy wise
The devices are so small,
so the batteries present a
massive addition of
weight.

8. Applications
Environmental protection
Habitat monitoring
Hospitals
Military
Security
Virtual keyboards

9. Belgium
ALL COMPANIES IN SECURITY AND LIGHTING SELL THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY

10. Disruptief?
CERTAINLY!!
Massive change in
different markets
Change in
mentality

11. Plateau of productivity
A Lot of succes stories all around the globe
Although some implentations fail to deliver
In the end this technology has been revolutionary and is certainly paying
off

12. WHY plateau of productivity
This technology has been out for a
while so we don’t think we can still
classify it as a young market however
it still comes with a lot of new
adaptions so we understand why
Gartner chose the innovation trigger

13. Advantages & disadvantages
 Small size
 Better connectivity
 Low cost
 VS
 Main concern: Privacy
 Security of information transmitted through these sensors

14. Conclusions
 There are many ongoing researches on Smart Dust,the main purpose of
these researches is to makeSmart Dust mote as small as possible and to
makeit available at as low price as possible.

15. Sources
 https://www.gartner.com/technology/research/methodologies/hype-
cycle.jsp
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartdust
 http://www.wakingtimes.com/2017/01/18/smart-dust-future-involuntary-
treatment-public/
 http://www.idgconnect.com/abstract/25810/smart-dust-a-revolution-
blowing-wind
 http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/03/smart.dust.sensors/index.html