This research focuses on developing a smart material capable of sensing, distilling, and interpreting environmental stimuli while offering mechanical flexibility. The device itself is composed of a series of small, interconnectable nodes. Each node has its own embedded processing and a host of multi-modal sensors. Physically, the system's nodular design allows for scalability as well as customize-ability. Computationally, the design allows researchers to experiment with resource allocation, information exchange, power management, and differing scopes of processing in sensor networks.