How Do You Monitor Buildings?

Smart brick is a concept built by scientists at the University of Illinois. This innovation is smart enough to improve the comfort and safety of our offices and homes. Smart Brick buildings make use of smart electronics like a thermistor, multiplexer, transmitter, two axis accelerometer, antenna and battery. These devices are capable of feeding data of movement, vibration and temperature fluctuations. These are crucial data that can be a boon especially when the building has a potential threat of fire or earthquake.

The smart brick is built into the wall and can determine changes which can influence the condition of the building. The battery can be charged through the brick with the help of an inductive coil. All the electronic parts are fit into a chip which is put on a piece of plastic fitted to the wall.