How data flows from Sensors to You!

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mote: physically attached to a sensor, pulls data from sensor and then pushes it to a gateway over Cellular, WiFi, Xbee, etc.

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gateway:  receives data from a mote and relays the data to the Internet. It's sometimes a cellphone tower, sometimes a device connected to a local Internet connection

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online database: A bunch of blips and bloops like a SQL database

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analysis software: software that can read from databases and present it to you as a GUI (Graphical User Interface).  It's sometimes a webpage and sometimes an App on your computer/mobile. 


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you!