News

July 2020

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  Meet KAUST Prospective Student: Isaías de Sousa

  1 min read · Wed, Jul 22 2020

  News

  Isaías de Sousa is an electrical engineering graduate from Brazil. He obtained his master's degree from the Federal University of Campina Grande and his bachelor's degree from the Federal University of Piauí, Brazil, respectively. Isaías will join KAUST in the fall of 2020 as a Ph.D. candidate in the KAUST Sensors Lab under Professor Khaled Nabil Salama's supervision.
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  New research aims to bridge the digital divide

  1 min read · Thu, Jul 16 2020

  News

  6G atmospheric turbulence pointing errors

  By the end of 2018, there were nearly 4 billion people without Internet connectivity in the world. Almost 75% of this unconnected population is located in 20 countries and is concentrated in rural, low-income, and low-literacy areas.
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  KAUST Prospective student: Sara Rojas Martínez

  1 min read · Wed, Jul 15 2020

  News

  Sara Rojas Martínez is a 24-year-old Biomedical Engineering graduate from Bogotá, Colombia. Since childhood, Sara was fascinated by robots, technology, and artificial intelligence (AI). Her interest in technology motivated her to pursue a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. After obtaining her bachelor's degree from Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, she realized that she wanted to do something related to AI and humans, so she also pursued her master’s degree from the same university.
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  Unleashing the potential of tethered drones

  1 min read · Tue, Jul 14 2020

  News

  electrical engineering applied mathematics

  Wire-connected drones may complement or replace the fixed base stations of cellular communications networks.
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  Meet KAUST Prospective Student: Zere Iman

  1 min read · Tue, Jul 14 2020

  News

  Antennas electromagnetics

  Zere Iman is a 22-year-old graduate who will join KAUST from Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Iman will join us in the fall of 2020 as an M.S./Ph.D. candidate in the KAUST Integrated Microwaves Packaging Antennas and Circuits Technology Research Group, under the supervision of Professor Atif Shamim.
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  Jorge Holguín-Lerma receives 2020 IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Scholarship

  1 min read · Sun, Jul 12 2020

  News

  Laser Diodes GaN

  KAUST Ph.D. student Jorge Holguín-Lerma has recently been named a recipient of the 2020 IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Scholarship. Holguín-Lerma was one of only ten students worldwide to receive the Society’s most competitive scholarship for graduate students in photonics. The award acknowledges both his work at KAUST and the potential impact of his future research.
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  Membrane makeover makes face mask reusable

  1 min read · Sun, Jul 12 2020

  News

  electrical engineering membranes COVID-19

  A polyimide membrane with regularly sized and spaced pores turns the N95 respirator into a reusable mask for protection against COVID-19.
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  Meet KAUST Prospective Student: Imran Pervez

  1 min read · Wed, Jul 8 2020

  News

  Fractional order elements Optical communications

  Soon-to-be graduate Imran Pervez will join KAUST from Aligarh Muslim University, India. An initial reference from a friend piqued his initial interest in joining KAUST. This interest in joining was solidified by an inspiring interaction with Professor Khalid Nabil Salama, which further convinced Pervez to join KAUST.
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  Red-light LEDs for next-generation displays

  1 min read · Sun, Jul 5 2020

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  LED electrical engineering

  Novel red LEDs are more temperature stable than those made using the conventional semiconductor of choice.
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  Meet KAUST Prospective Student: Olga Krestinskaya

  1 min read · Thu, Jul 2 2020

  News

  Neuromorphic Circuits

  Olga Krestinskaya, from Kazakhstan, obtained her master’s and bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and electronics from Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. She is the recipient of the IEEE Circuits and Systems (CAS) society pre-doctoral award in 2019 and will join KAUST in the fall of 2020 as a Ph.D. candidate in the KAUST Sensors Lab under the supervision of Professor Khaled Nabil Salama.
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  An Airline observatory created by Passengers for Passengers

  1 min read · Wed, Jul 1 2020

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  aerospace software system optimization control systems

  The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a significant worldwide disruption to flight operations, affecting the lives of millions of passengers.

June 2020

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  Meet KAUST prospective student: Carlos Augusto Zan Malaguti

  1 min read · Tue, Jun 30 2020

  News

  microelectronics micro and nanofabrication Biosensors

  Carlos Augusto Zan Malaguti, 23, from Brazil, obtained his bachelor’s degree in electronics and telecommunications engineering from Sao Paulo State University (UNESP). Carlos will join KAUST in the fall of 2020 as an M.S./Ph.D. candidate in the KAUST Sensors Lab under the supervision of Professor Khaled Nabil Salama.
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  KAUST scientists win prestigious Gauss Award for supercomputing excellence

  1 min read · Fri, Jun 26 2020

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  HPC supercomputing numerical linear algebra parallel computing

  KAUST Ph.D. graduate Dr. Noha Al-Harthi and doctoral student Rabab Alomairy, have won the German Gauss Center for Supercomputing (GCS) Award for original research that best advances high-performance computing. This makes KAUST the first Middle Eastern institution to receive this prestigious award.
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  A clique away from more efficient networks

  1 min read · Sun, Jun 14 2020

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  networks connectivity applied mathematics electrical engineering

  An old branch of mathematics finds a fertile new field of application.
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  Angling for underwater WiFi

  1 min read · Wed, Jun 10 2020

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  communications Computer science

  Scuba divers could send sea life shots in real time using an aquatic internet service.
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  Meet KAUST prospective student: Adilya Bakambekova

  1 min read · Wed, Jun 3 2020

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  electronics electrical engineering

  She loves watching films not for the plot, but in order to rethink her beliefs. She is 22, she graduates from the School of Engineering in the capital. Adilya Bakambekova may seem ordinary: she loves walking in the park, powerlifting, taking care of her five-year-old wiener dog.
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  KAUST named among academic winners at the 2020 Ansys Hall of Fame Competition

  1 min read · Tue, Jun 2 2020

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  electromagnetic simulation antenna arrays

  Landmine detection research developed by KAUST scientists—Sebastian Celis Sierra, Li Zhang, and Mohamed Farhat—was named among the top three academic winners of the 2020 Ansys Hall of Fame competition. Based in Pennsylvania, U.S., Ansys develop and market multiphysics engineering simulation software for product design.

May 2020

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  Iron nanorobots go undercover

  1 min read · Wed, May 20 2020

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  electrical engineering nanoscience cells

  Customizable magnetic iron nanowires pinpoint and track the movements of target cells.
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  6G: The time is now!

  1 min read · Sun, May 17 2020

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  wireless telecommunication technology 6G

  While 5G companies and opponents are competing over the deployment of the first 5G platforms, the next generation of wireless telecommunication technology is being concocted right now in laboratories all around the world.
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  KAUST Ph.D. student receives SPIE 2020 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship

  1 min read · Sat, May 16 2020

  News Spotlight

  SPIE nanotechnology LED laser photonics

  Ronghui Lin, a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Professor Xiaohang Li, has been awarded an SPIE 2020 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship for his “potential long-range contribution to optics, photonics, or other related fields.”
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  Pure red LEDs fulfill a primary goal

  1 min read · Wed, May 6 2020

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  material science electrical engineering

  First high-intensity, low-voltage red LEDs made from nitride semiconductors.
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  Light sensors detect larval pests munching on date palms

  1 min read · Mon, May 4 2020

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  electrical engineering food security sensors

  Optical fibers wrapped around date palm trunks could help detect this tree’s most destructive pest early enough to save it.
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  Exciting New Technology Makes BPA Water Testing More Efficient

  1 min read · Fri, May 1 2020

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  Water pollution sensors Plastic LSG

  In today’s world, it should come as no surprise that plastic dominates the products that we rely on each and every day. From our technology devices, to our water bottles, plastic is almost always an integral structural component.

April 2020

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  Early warning sensor sniffs out cities' harmful gas

  1 min read · Tue, Apr 28 2020

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  sensors pollution electrical engineering

  An integrated detector device could form the basis of a distributed air-quality sensor network.
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  Sensing a heart attack before it strikes

  1 min read · Tue, Apr 14 2020

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  human health sensors electrical engineering

  Nanomaterial-based electronic device monitors a key heart health biomarker.
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  MMH Labs named 2020 Edison Awards Gold Winner

  1 min read · Wed, Apr 8 2020

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  wearable technology sensors

  The KAUST MMH Labs were recently named a 2020 Edison Awards Gold Winner in the Consumer Electronics and Information Technology category for their wearable technology tagging prototype, Bluefin.
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  Saudi researcher’s magnetic skin research garners widespread attention

  1 min read · Tue, Apr 7 2020

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  magnetic skin energy harvesting sensors

  Imagine if there was a revolutionary wearable technology that could enable the user to open doors or operate machinery with a simple wave of their hand or a mere blink of their eye? What people might not realize is that this contact-free human-machine technology already exists—and it has been developed right here in a laboratory at KAUST.
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  CEMSE Division startups in focus: Albasr

  1 min read · Tue, Apr 7 2020

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  wearable wireless communication

  A universal theme that unites parents the world over is a constant concern for their child’s safety. A large number of families have undergone the jarring experience of losing a child in a crowded area.

March 2020

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  Taking engineering to the masses 

  1 min read · Tue, Mar 24 2020

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  CMOS

  KAUST, like many other international research institutions, is no different in its approach to addressing our current need for continuous and uninterrupted distance learning. E-learning has proved effective in theoretical and mathematically-oriented disciplines, where access to a computer locally or over the cloud is all that is required.
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  The power of light for internet of underwater things

  1 min read · Thu, Mar 19 2020

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  underwater sensor IoT

  Light can simultaneously transfer energy and data to underwater devices, but there’s a long way to go before these systems can be deployed.
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  Providing simple solutions for complex problems

  1 min read · Thu, Mar 19 2020

  News

  Winning a group-wide award such as the recent CES Innovation Award 2020 is becoming a regular occurrence for one of KAUST’s most innovative laboratories. Since its inception, the KAUST MMH Labs has acted as a space where some of the leading minds at KAUST come together to create the future of technology today.
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  Nazek El-Atab chosen to attend the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

  1 min read · Thu, Mar 19 2020

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  nanoelectronics IoT

  Nazek El-Atab, a postdoctoral research fellow, based in the KAUST MMH Labs has been chosen to attend the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. After completing a thorough multi-stage application and selection process, El-Atab was selected to participate in the event scheduled to take place from June 28 to July 3, in Lindau, Germany.
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  Prestigious Innovation Award adds to KAUST alumna’s impressive research output

  1 min read · Mon, Mar 16 2020

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  flexible electronics

  KAUST alumna Joanna Nassar recently won the Best Innovation Award in the Tech for a Better World category at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, U.S., from January 7-10. Nassar, a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, received the award for her research as part of the KAUST MMH Labs research group’s development of a wearable technology tagging prototype called Bluefin.
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  KAUST Ph.D. student takes home SPIE Photonics West 2020 Best Student Paper Award

  1 min read · Thu, Mar 12 2020

  News Spotlight

  Optical communications

  The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) recently awarded KAUST Ph.D. student Jorge Holguín-Lerma with the SPIE Photonics West 2020 Optical Communications Best Student Paper Award.
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  Professor Shamma awarded International Federation of Automatic Control High Impact Paper Award

  1 min read · Wed, Mar 11 2020

  Spotlight News

  robotics intelligent systems

  KAUST Professor of Electrical Engineering Jeff Shamma has been awarded The International Federation of Automatic Control Council’s (IFAC) High Impact Paper Award 2020.

February 2020

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  Sensor cube helps keep fish farming afloat

  1 min read · Thu, Feb 27 2020

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  aquaculture food security sensors electrical engineering

  A self-powered water quality sensor could help fish farmers to monitor pollution in their ponds remotely.
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  Dynamic early research career leads to distinguished Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellowship

  1 min read · Thu, Feb 13 2020

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  Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow

  KAUST postdoctoral fellow Abderrahmen Trichili recently became a Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow after being accepted to a Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme in Photonics and Applications.
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  Professor Bagci Elevated to Senior Membership Status of the International Union of Radio Science

  1 min read · Tue, Feb 11 2020

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  computational electromagnetics optics

  Hakan Bagci, KAUST Associate Professor of electrical engineering, was recently elevated to Senior Membership of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) for his research achievements in the field of computational electromagnetics, and his long-standing involvement in the URSI, which includes serving on several conference technical program committees and editorial boards of journals.
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  Internet of underground things to reveal buried vistas

  1 min read · Sun, Feb 9 2020

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  fuel-resources communications electrical engineering

  Pinpoint mesh of smart underground objects could give real-time 3D readout of fossil fuel reserves.
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  Plugging into a 6G future with users at the center

  1 min read · Sun, Feb 9 2020

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  Wireless Communications 6G

  For a communications revolution, 6G development needs more human-centric research.
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  KAUST Professor Boon S. Ooi elected Fellow of U.S. National Academy of Inventors

  1 min read · Sun, Feb 2 2020

  Spotlight News

  By Caitlin Clark, KAUST News KAUST Professor of Electrical Engineering Boon S. Ooi was recently elected as a Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election as a Fellow means a researcher has "demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development and welfare of society," NAI stated. Outstanding achievements This year, 168 individuals were elected to Fellow status. Six individuals from the 2019 class previously received the U.S. National Medal of

January 2020

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  KAUST developed fish wearable technology wins CES Innovation Award

  1 min read · Thu, Jan 23 2020

  Spotlight News

  wearable technology

  A pioneering tagging technology developed at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) won the CES Innovation Award 2020. KAUST professor of electrical engineering Muhammad Mustafa Hussain developed Bluefin, which is a fish wearable technology that can measure water temperature, pressure, depth and pH levels in parts of the ocean where humans cannot reach. The highly competitive CES Award is prestigious and a powerful endorsement to a research project done at the labs of KAUST, which is strategically located on the shores of the Red Sea. "A heavily resourced university like
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  A pure twist on optical data transfer

  1 min read · Thu, Jan 16 2020

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  communications electrical engineering bioscience

  The finding that light can be twisted very precisely may offer fresh options for communications infrastructure.
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  Faculty Focus: Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati

  1 min read · Wed, Jan 15 2020

  Spotlight News

  modeling control systems

  -By A. Ortega, KAUST News KAUST Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati joined the University in 2011 after working as a researcher at INRIA in France. Laleg-Kirati leads the Estimation, Modeling and ANalysis (EMAN) research group at KAUST, and her interests lie in control theory, system modeling and signal applications. She investigates multiple engineering disciplines and develops mathematical models and algorithms that control processes relying on real-time feedback. "My research goals [are the development of] effective estimation methods and algorithms to
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  Transforming electronics

  1 min read · Tue, Jan 14 2020

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  flexible electronics stretchable electronics

  KAUST Professor of Electrical Engineering Muhammad Mustafa Hussain was recently elected as an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow, effective January 1, 2020, for his "contributions to flexible and stretchable electronic circuits," IEEE stated.
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  KAUST Associate Professor Andrea Fratalocchi elected Fellow of the Optical Society

  1 min read · Thu, Jan 2 2020

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  photonics energy harvesting

  Andrea Fratalocchi, associate professor in the University's Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering division, was recently elected as a Fellow of the Optical Society (OSA) at the society's Board of Directors meeting in September.

December 2019

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  Flexible thinking on silicon solar cells

  1 min read · Sun, Dec 22 2019

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  solar cells electrical engineering

  Combining silicon with a highly elastic polymer backing produces solar cells that have record-breaking stretchability and high efficiency.
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  Patterned optical chips keep secrets perfectly safe

  1 min read · Sun, Dec 22 2019

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  communications data security electrical engineering

  Chaos could help put cyberhackers out of business with a patterned silicon chip that will be uncrackable even in the future.
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  ActivityNet is featured in the 2019 Artificial Intelligence Index

  1 min read · Sun, Dec 15 2019

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  artificial intelligence Video Understanding

  ActivityNet is featured in the AI Index as the benchmark for the algorithms that can recognize human actions and activities from videos.
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  Drones deliver on internet connectivity

  1 min read · Thu, Dec 12 2019

  News

  communications electrical engineering IoT

  Hovering airborne vehicles could connect smart sensors to the internet of things.