Exemplary embodiments include a wireless computing network to assess and model a physical characteristic associated with an object or space, the network including a plurality of wireless nodes located in a physical space, each of the plurality of wireless nodes configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other wireless node in the network in a secure manner, attach to a physical object in the physical space via any adhesive means, utilize data from neighboring wireless nodes to generate or update an artificially intelligent machine learning model regarding a physical characteristic associated with the physical space and a gateway device in communication with each of the plurality of wireless nodes.