smart dust

noun

1. slang.
   computing same as sensor network

Example Sentences

This week, a woman in a “We, the People” T-shirt invoked David and Goliath, and a self-described citizen journalist said voters were being controlled via nasal swabs coated with “nano smart dust” in Covid-19 tests.

From New York Times

Dust in the wind: The Wall Street Journal delves into “smart dust,” or machines that never stop working.

From Los Angeles Times

The bulkiness of the air-temperature-powered system—it’s about the size of an Amazon Echo speaker, though the company hopes to shrink it to the size of a Coke can—illustrates one of the many challenges on the path to creating smart dust.

From Wall Street Journal

Another promising source of energy for smart dust is heat.

From Wall Street Journal

They’ve coined a term to describe the potential ubiquity of such sensors: “smart dust.”

From Wall Street Journal