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On the one hand, motivations, addressed topics, and initiatives taken in this period are presented, while on the other hand, special emphasis is given to identifying current and future trends and formulating a vision for the coming five to ten years. The presented overview and trend analysis clearly show that Dutch research and industrial efforts, in line with recent worldwide developments in the field of sensor technology, present a clear shift from sensor node platforms, operating systems, communication, networking, and data management aspects of the sensor networks to reasoning\/cognition, control, and actuation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s100908504","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,9,19]],"date-time":"2010-09-19T09:41:46Z","timestamp":1284889306000},"page":"8504-8525","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Sensor Networks in the Low Lands"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Nirvana","family":"Meratnia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Pervasive Systems, University of Twente, P.O. 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