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Dear readers, Did you know that 98 percent of all processors are not in traditional desktop computer systems, but in mobile devices, household appliances, vehicles, and machines? Only a small percentage of these devices are networked. This gives you a rough idea of the vast scope for pervasive networking. One area in the networked world of the future, which offers particularly promising opportunities, is Wireless Sensor Networks. Given the recent technological advances and the almost limitless application opportunities, we think that this is the right time to present Wireless Sensor Networks as a cover theme. In his opening article to the cover theme, Eurescom mess@ge editor Uwe Herzog provides an overview on technology and applications of Wireless Sensor Networks. NEC’s Dirk Westhoff presents the state of the art and insights from EU research project UbiSec&Sens. A specific application scenario from Siemens complements these articles. Finally, we interviewed I. F. Akyildiz, one of the leading researchers in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks. Our “In focus” section this time features an article by and on the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk (The Netherlands), the largest site and, as they call themselves, “the technical heart” of ESA, the European Space Agency. Our section “European issues” this time presents three articles that are related to EU research activities. In the first article, Eurescom director David Kennedy gives an outlook on the forthcoming EU Framework Programme 7, which will be of central importance for European research in the next 7 years. The second article by Hans Einsiedler from Deutsche Telekom provides an analysis of the future post IP networks. Finally, David Kennedy reports the main results from the recent General Assembly of the European Technology Platform or Networked and Electronic Media (NEM). There are many more articles in this issue, which cover subjects as diverse as powerline communications and odour recording. We hope that you will find some of them interesting and relevant to your work. We would appreciate your feedback on any of the articles in this issue. If you would like to suggest a topic or offer a contribution to Eurescom mess@ge, this is equally welcome. If you would like to provide feedback on CELTIC News, the newsletter of EUREKA Cluster Programme CELTIC, please send an e-mail to the CELTIC Office at office@celtic-initiative.org Enjoy reading this issue. Your mess@ge editorial team Please send us your comments on this article. |
