Preventing forest fires with tree power
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 16:42
in Mathematics & Economics
MIT researchers and colleagues are finding out whether energy from trees can power a network of sensors to prevent spreading forest fires. What they learn also could raise the possibility of using trees as silent sentinels along the nation's borders.
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