This book provides a comprehensive overview of ocean electronics, energy conversion, and instrumentation. As remote (satellite) sensing becomes increasingly important, this text provides readers with a solid background of wireless sensor networks and image-processing for oceans and ocean-related energy issues. Features: Focuses on wind energy, ocean wave, ocean tidal, and ocean thermal energy conversion Discusses the measurements of ocean monitoring parameters such as ocean color, sediment monitoring methods, surface currents, surface wind waves, wave height and wind speed, sea surface temperature, upwelling, wave power and the ocean floor Discusses sensors like scanner sensor systems, weather satellites sensors, synthetic aperture radar sensors, marine observation satellite(MOS) sensors, micro sensors for monitoring ocean acidification Includes material on underwater acoustics and underwater communication Assesses the environmental impact of generating energy from the ocean Explores the design of applications of marine electronics and oceanographic instruments

Wireless Sensor Networks is an essential guide for anyone interested in wireless communications for sensor networks, home networking, or device hacking. It covers a large number of topics encountered in the architecture, application, and recent advancements of a wireless sensor network, including hardware and software architectures, the Internet of Things, routing and security, ubiquitous sensor networks, underwater, mobile, and multimedia wireless networks. Features: Includes a wide range of applications to industry, science, transportation, civil infrastructure, and security. Covers the Internet of Things (IoT) which are technically supported by WSN and other relevant technologies.

Embedded vision is the integration of "computer vision" into machines that use algorithms to decode meaning from observed images or video.It has a wide range of applications to machine learning, artificial intelligence, industrial, medical, driverless cars, drones, smart phones,aerospace, defense, agriculture, consumer, surveillance, robotics and security.This book is an introductory guide for anyone who is interested in designing machines that have vision-enabled, embedded products. It covers a large number of topics encountered in hardware architecture, software algorithms, applications,advancements in camera, processors, and sensors in the field of embedded vision. Features: Includes a wide range of applications to artificialintelligence, machine learning, industry,science, medicine, transportation, civil infrastructure, and security Covers a large number of topics encountered in hardwarearchitecture, software algorithms, applications, advancements in processors andsensors.