This book provides the basics needed to develop sensor network software and supplements it with many case studies covering network applications....

An Apple Store customer asks for the latest iPhone in black but suddenly changes to white when he sees others choosing it. A citizen of a former communist country picks a drink at random; soda is soda, he says. A young man and woman decide to marry - knowing that they\'ll meet for the first time on their wedding day....

Every day we make choices. Coke or Pepsi? Save or spend? Stay or go? Whether mundane or life-altering, these choices define us and shape our lives. Sheena Iyengar asks the difficult questions about how and why we choose: Is the desire for choice innate or bound by culture? Why do we sometimes choose against our best interests?...