![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508035914im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Implementing Sustainable Technology to Monitor the Integrity of the Nation's Bridges
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April 15, 2009
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A team of University of Miami College of Engineering researchers are implementing a self-powered monitor system for bridges that can continuously check their condition using wireless sensors that "harvest" power from structural vibration and wind energy.
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Source University of Miami
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