Sensor Village

Sensors open up worlds of possibilities. SunSPOT is Java compatible sensor technology. Small Programmable Object Technology = SPOT. Working with SunSPOT or other sensors? Experimenting or thinking about it? Come on in! We want to hear all about it!
  • Getting started with Arduino

    (photo by Nicholas Zambetti)I just went to the Maker Faire in the Bay Area with my friend Michael Hauser. The expo was filled with Arduino!…

    By Michael Levin

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  • Arduino sensors

    I was talking with my friend Daniel at the McRorie Community Garden in Gainesville yesterday. He said that gardening sensors were all the rage. Pointed to the…

    By Michael Levin

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  • ProSense

    Marko Stankovic is involved with an EC-funded project called ProSense. He describes it here, on his Codetown blog. Marko tells me that he and his colleagues are using SunSPOT sensors, among others.

    By Michael Levin

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  • What are you doing with SunSPOT?

    Please share your projects (or ideas) here.

    By Michael Levin

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  • Roger Meike Discusses SunSPOTs at Google

    By Michael Levin

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  • What is a SunSPOT?

    "What is a SPOT?It’s a piece of hardware that has an array of sensors, an IO port, a radio for wireless communications, a set of LEDs, some switches, a rechargeable battery and a USB port for connecting to a host computer and recharging the battery. You can program the SPOT using Java! There’s no…

    By Michael Levin

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