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RFID Bookshelf: Sensor Readings

Wireless sensors are designed to help people and machines better understand their environment. These five books can help you learn more about wireless sensors.


By John Edwards

Aug. 20, 2007—It's no secret that wireless sensors have become an integral part of modern society. In various forms, wireless sensors are currently used for an ever-growing number of tasks, from monitoring the temperature of stored food products to tracking vehicle vibration levels. In the years ahead, wireless sensors will be employed by both businesses and the military, for health monitoring as location and direction aids for the visually impaired and for numerous applications that have not yet been imagined.

Books covering wireless sensors provide insight into the market's current state, as well as a glimpse into the field's future. Here's a look at five recent noteworthy titles aimed at business managers, design engineers and network designers.

Wireless Ad Hoc Networking: Personal-Area, Local-Area and the Sensory-Area Networks
Edited by Shih-Lin Wu and Yu-Chee Tseng
Auerbach Publications, 2007
640 pages
$89.95

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