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  1. Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, The Australian National University, Building 32, Baldessin Precinct Building, ACT, 0200, Australia

    S. Roundy

  2. Infineon Technologies, MP PDT CS SIM, Balanstr. 73, 81541, Munich, Germany

    M. Strasser

  3. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, 5133 Etcheverry, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1740, USA

    P.K. Wright

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Roundy, S., Strasser, M., Wright, P. (2005). Powering Ambient Intelligent Networks. In: Weber, W., Rabaey, J.M., Aarts, E. (eds) Ambient Intelligence. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27139-2_13

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