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Crossbow Technology, Inc. (www.xbow.com) the leading full solutions supplier in the wireless sensor networking arena and the only manufacturer of smart dust wireless sensors, today announced the June 1, 2004 availability of its MICAz (TM) Mote. The MICAz enables higher bandwidth wireless sensor networking applications and is optimized for even harsh indoor environments that require high data rate transmissions. The latest in a rapidly expanding family of Crossbow Motes tailored to support specific application requirements, the MICAz is plug and play with all of Crossbow's sensor and data acquisition boards, gateways and software.

Modular Application Specific Product Family for Wireless Sensor Networks

"Crossbow's roadmap for supporting the growing number of wireless sensor networking applications its customers wish to deploy is to package specific capabilities into a modular, battery-powered product family that can be easily deployed, managed and maintained," said Mike Horton, CEO of Crossbow. "The company's new MICAz Mote provides a plug and play solution for battery powered, high bandwidth applications that must operate without interference in even harsh indoor environments. This is a breakthrough solution for home and building automation, automotive and indoor security applications, where reliably securing, gathering and sending audio and video data utilizing a wireless sensor network was previously impossible to achieve."

Latest in Series of Standard Compliant New Motes Supports Full Interoperability

Crossbow's open standard wireless sensor mesh networking platform is based on the TinyOS open source operating system which supports fully modular interoperability and migration to any emerging radio, protocol and transmission standards. For example, the 2.4 GHz MICAz is 802.15.4 and ISM band compliant and can easily support ZigBee standard protocols.

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