Passive wireless sensing technology for smart greenhouses
This innovative technology leverages passive, battery-less wireless sensors integrated with nanotechnologies to enhance greenhouse management. It addresses challenges of interference and miniaturization, offering high spatial resolution sensing for temperature, humidity, and more.
Overview
This advanced wireless sensing technology is designed for smart greenhouse applications, aiming to improve efficiency and reduce emissions. By integrating passive, battery-less sensors with cutting-edge nanotechnologies, this solution provides high spatial resolution for detecting temperature, humidity, human presence, and other critical parameters. The system is tailored to overcome current limitations of interference and reduced interrogation range, common in existing wireless sensing devices.
Technical specifications
Key features:
- Passive, battery-less sensors: These compact sensors can be deployed in large numbers without the need for constant power supply, ensuring minimal interference with greenhouse activities.
- Nanotechnology integration: Enhances sensor sensitivity and accuracy, crucial for precise environmental monitoring.
- Microfabrication processes: Used to design and fabricate sensors, ensuring scalability for large greenhouse applications.
- Electromagnetic wireless sensor tags: Transmit sensed data or alarms to commercial receivers, facilitating real-time monitoring.
- Software-defined radio programming: Enables access to and decoding of information from multiple deployed tags, with a user interface for corrective actions.
Technology readiness level
The technology is currently at TRL 5, indicating that it has been validated in a relevant environment. Future validation plans include testing the integrated system in various settings to ensure robustness and functionality under different conditions.
About Northeastern University
Northeastern University is a private, comprehensive R1 research university based in Boston with a global campus network. Its century-old cooperative education model integrates full-time, paid placements with academic study, enabling companies to access vetted talent and long-term pipelines worldwide. Industry collaboration is supported by a suburban innovation campus offering test beds, secure labs, and fee-for-use core facilities, alongside co-located partner spaces. The university attracts competitive federal research funding from agencies such as the NSF and NIH. A dedicated technology transfer office streamlines IP, licensing, and startup formation for corporate partnerships.
delivered to your inbox.