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December 16, 2003
TAXICAB INTERVIEW | Kris Pister, President & CEO, Dust Incorporated - Mesh Networking
This from IBDNetwork. Dust is building on the TinyOS. It is in competition with Zigbee. I have a feeling that Zigbee has the lead. But Intel is behind TinyOS. An interesting race.
TAXICAB INTERVIEW | Kris Pister, President & CEO, Dust Incorporated - Mesh Networking
1. How do you explain what you do and your market space in 25 words or less?
Dust Incorporated is a technology company that provides wireless sensor networks for various applications. We are the horizontal layer of technology that connects sensors to applications.
2. What is mesh networking?
Mesh networking refers to the reliable routing of data and instructions between motes. Mesh networking allows for continuous connections and reconfiguration around blocked paths. Mesh networks are self-healing which means that the network can still operate even when a mote breaks down or a connection goes bad. As a result, end users can have a reliable wireless sensor network.
3. What are the business applications for sensor mesh networks?
There are many applications for wireless sensor networks: sensing, monitoring, and communicating. For example, in a health-care market, an application would be used to monitor the health of the residents in a building by tracking heart rates, blood oxygen levels, and body temperatures. This information would be relayed via electronic alerts when the measurements rise above or fall below a pre-specified range. For manufacturing or industrial companies, you can mount current sensors in energy monitoring systems to track levels of energy being used in grocery stores, commercial buildings, and residential facilities. And in the defense industry, one possible application is to drop motes into a battlefield for sensing enemy movement. The list could go on...
4. When will this market "arrive?" In 6 months, 12 months, or 2 years?
We believe the market is here now. Mesh networks have been gaining momentum over the past couple of years and many opportunities already exist today. The difficulty lies in whether or not end users are ready to adopt wireless technologies as their primary means of communication and data collection due to concerns for reliability.
Posted by Martin at December 16, 2003 1:18 PM
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Is Dust, Inc., traded on a stock exchange? What is its symbol?
Posted by: Charles Myers at January 8, 2004 12:43 PM
The article in Time magazine about your company was interesting. i might be interesred in buying stock if it is publicly traded.
Posted by: Virginia Barto at January 10, 2004 12:57 PM
I was studying about your company in my current events class at school and it sounds really interesting. I am thinking about investing some of my savings into your company. If you could give me some more information about your company I would appreciate it.
Posted by: Adam Barnard at January 15, 2004 9:56 AM
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