1. Webinar Program 10.00 Introduktion, Prof. Hans-Erik Nilsson
10.20 Presentation av ”Ett samarbetsprojekt för utveckling av infrastruktur för mätning av miljöparametrar över stora områden”, Prof. Bengt Oelmann
10.40 Presentation av ”STC – Forskningsprogram för fjärrövervakning”, Prof. Mattias O’Nils
11.00 Diskussion
11.20 Avslutning

2. Large Area Sensor Networks for Environmental Monitoring
Prof. Hans-Erik Nilsson

3. Global warming

4. Large area technology large area sensing and imaging will provide
new measurement tools for sustainable industrial development and growth
a technology base for future global awareness services directed towards environmental and consumer related issues

5. Technology of the future
The constant pressure for more efficient industrial processes in order to stay competitive on a global market drives the development of sensor technology.
Yesterday, the driving force was primarily internally motivated by the need to reduce costs and increase quality.
Today, external considerations are growing in importance and the competition between brand names demands an active role in driving global policies for security, environment and political stability.
A large part of the sensor technology used in consumer products today was developed to satisfy yesterdays industrial needs i.e. digital cameras, MEMS solutions for accelerometers and gyroscopes, sensors for positioning and interactivity etc. Today’s industrial need is wider and tomorrow’s industrial sensor technology will be even more suited for global services on a consumer market.

6. Sensor technology for the information society
Geographical data package into a IT service

7. The next step - climate Geographical data combined with sensor data
Simulation models and sensor data may be used to predict the future

8. Power supply Distributed sensing demands distributed power supply
Data communication is wireless
Power supply by battery or directly generated from the environment around the sensor
Robust and environmentally friendly small scale energy production is demanded in order to employ distributed sensor networks at large scale

9. Electric power supply Three levels Power line infrastructure
Large power levels, power distribution over cable network, expensive infrastructure
Backup power systems
Medium sized power levels, power generated locally to ensure functionality when the power line is down
Small scale power generation
Private usage, summer houses, mobile homes, power supply to base stations for telecommunication, water pumps etc
We believe that this market will increase

10. Generic knowledge? Power line systems Backup power system
Small scale applications
Tiny power supplies*
Wind mills
Yes
Geothermal
Maybe
Battery No
Solar cells
Hydroelectric
Piezoelectric
* Tiny power supplies are intended to replace batteries in wireless systems

11. Why work on the small scale?
Will future energy production utilize ’the Internet paradigm’
Local generation and storage of value
Distribution of value using the network
Flexibility to both feed and to draw value from the net
Local generation of energy will grow by itself, but it will boom if the power net would follow ‘the Internet paradigm’

12. Spin-off from research on large area sensor networks for environmental monitoring
Energy efficient systems with low power signal processing
Sensor technology for future remote presence in multimedia
Technology for small scale energy production
Large Area Sensor Networks for Environmental Monitoring
New measurement tools for environmental studies
Infrastructure for alarm functions for forest fires, radioactive pollution, extreme climate changes, etc

13. What if …
The Mid-Sweden large scale sensor network for environmental monitoring
Test-bed for large area sensing
Multidisciplinary research initiative
High resolutions study of the health state of forest and mountains in the Mid-Sweden region
New sensor and measurement technology
Basic and applied research in natural sciences
Evaluation and testing of wireless technology platforms for large area surveillance systems
Efficient data communication and signal processing
Research on digital security and data integrity
Robustness of wireless systems
Technology for small scale energy production
Energy harvesting technologies
Optimization and test of small scale energy production solutions such as wind mills, geothermal, solar cell solutions
Gaining real life experience of different alternative energy sources
Sensor and web technology
Communication and marketing of our natural resources
Web services supporting global awareness
Live documentation of global worming effects in our region (support education and public debate)