May 5, 2015

DARPA’s N-ZERO Program Aims to Add Persistent Low Energy Sensing

A new Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) program, Near Zero Power RF and Sensor Operations (N-ZERO), aims to passively monitor the environment, activating only when detecting specific events. The idea is to detect and recognize specific “attention-worthy” events and reject other readings and signal interference, staying “asleep yet aware.”