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ROD POWELL JOINS DUST NETWORKS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Hayward, Calif., – February 2, 2007 – Dust Networks, the leading provider of highly reliable, ultra low-power embedded wireless sensor networking (WSN) systems, today announced that Rod Powell, an industrial automation veteran, has joined the company's Board of Directors.

“Rod brings a wealth of experience in the industrial market, which is a primary focus for Dust,” said Joy Weiss, President and CEO of Dust Networks. “His expertise and hands-on knowledge in industrial automation is a great asset to the company as we continue to deliver leading monitoring and control solutions to our OEM customers and drive the broad adoption of wireless sensor networking technology.”

Powell is currently a partner at RJ Investments (RJI) and leads various consultancy and investment projects in the U.S. and the U.K. Prior to joining RJI, Powell served in various leadership roles at Invensys, a global industrial automation, controls and transportation group, from 2000-2004 including senior vice president of corporate planning, chief executive of Invensys Controls Division, and president of the Utility Metering Systems Business Unit. In his role as president of the Controls Division, Powell was responsible for leading seven business units including appliance and climate controls, meters, sensors, building systems, fractional motors and home controls. Prior to Invensys, Powell served as CEO of Fujitsu ICL Retail Systems in Dallas, Texas, and held various operational and financial roles at Texas Instruments in the U.S. and Europe. Powell currently serves on the Board of Directors for Dust Networks, Renold, a U.K.-based precision engineering company, Hanover Investors Global Fund, and Virginia's Center of Innovative Technology.

“I am very excited to join Dust Networks Board of Directors,” said Powell. “Market momentum for wireless sensor networking is accelerating as customers gain the tangible benefits of Dust's reliable, ultra low-power technology across a broad range of applications. The company has achieved tremendous traction in the industrial market and is poised for growth as this emerging high-growth market takes off.”

About Dust Networks
Dust Networks, the leader in embedded wireless sensor networking (WSN), provides ultra low-power, highly reliable products to OEMs in the industrial automation, building automation and defense markets. Dust Networks’ SmartMesh products combine revolutionary wireless networking capabilities with extremely low-power RF System-on-Chip (SoC) technology, providing OEMs with network-ready WSN solutions that are flexible and easy to integrate. All SmartMesh products utilize the Time Synchronized Mesh Protocol (TSMP), pioneered by Dust Networks, which serves as the foundation for the industry’s most flexible low-power mesh architecture. Dust Networks enables OEMs to offer monitoring and control solutions that provide unprecedented access to information from the physical world, resulting in improved operations, safer work environments, and increased competitive advantage. Dust Networks partners with industry and standards groups such as ISA, the HART Foundation, and WINA to ensure the broad adoption of interoperable wireless sensor networking products. For more information please visit www.dustnetworks.com.