If you want to see what Zigbee and low-cost, low-power micros can do, then check out Wireless Sensor Networks: An Information Processing Approach by Feng Zhao and Leonidas Guibas.The book is actually ...
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In order to build the computers and devices of tomorrow, we have to understand how they use energy today. That's harder than it sounds. Memory storage, information processing, and energy use in these ...