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Automobile Traffic Monitors Bridge

Posted November 09, 2007 8:17 AM

As described in this video and report, vibrations from passing traffic can be harvested by hermetically-sealed wireless sensors to report ice conditions, traffic flow, and the structural status of the bridge. The Clarkson University professors who developed the technology say the sensors can remain in place "for decades."

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Re: Automobile Traffic Monitors Bridge

11/12/2007 1:13 PM

Technology is okay from safety point , but doesn`t influence the need , only of civil and law interest

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