Wireless sensor network nodes for RTLS, biomonitoring, and authentication applications

Real-time and distributed sensing of large amounts of data, environmental, social or other, collected by very small and low-cost sensors is becoming a critical feature in more and more applications. In this paper, we are demonstrating with our developed prototypes that it is possible to deploy Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) nodes in-between prototype sensors and the Internet gateways. As a proof of concept, sensors in location tracking, health monitoring and secure identity verification applications are enhanced with essential WSN features. These sensing devices can be considered as some of the first Internet-of-Things nodes that bring the ubiquitous cognition vision closer and closer.