The Smart-Grid Revolution Starts in Boulder‚ Colorado Why do you imagine Xcel agreed to invest $100 million in this risky experiment? One of the benefits of investing in this $100 million project includes rerouting power around bottlenecked lines. This allows Xcel Energy to deliver electricity to areas in Boulder that have a very high demand that the previous conventional electrical grid was unable to service effectively. This smart-grid system also enables Xcel Energy to detect and reduce
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In "Smart Wi-Fi‚" Alex Hills argues that as more people start to use wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) networks‚ improvements to the wireless technology are needed to ensure reliable and secure services. An increase in popularity of Wi-Fi has come at the cost of creating difficult problems for designers of the technology. However‚ Hills notes that there has been "substantial progress" towards solving many of these problems. Hills covers some of the developments in wireless local area network (LAN) technology
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Sesame Smart Lock by Stanford Entrepreneur Becomes Big Hit on Kickstarter 1888PressRelease - A Stanford master student raised more than $700‚000 dollars after launching his product on Kickstarter. Sesame - the world’s first instant smart lock - was introduced on Feb. 25‚ 2015. Stanford‚ CA - A Stanford master student raised more than $700‚000 dollars after launching his product on Kickstarter. Sesame - the world’s first instant smart lock - was introduced on Feb. 25‚ 2015. Jerming Gu‚ founder
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SPECIAL PRODUCTS (Examples) • Products of the Sum and Difference of the Same Two terms (x + y)(x − y) = x2 − y2‚ we have: 1. (s+2t)(s−2t) = (s)2− (2t)2 = s2 − 4t2 2. (7s + 2t)(7s − 2t) = (7s)2− (2t)2 = 49s2− 4t2 3. (12 + 5ab)(12 − 5ab) = (12)2 − (5ab)2 = 144 − 25a2b2 • Square of a Sum of Binomials (x + y)2 = x2 + 2xy + y2‚ we have: 1. (5a + 2b)2 = (5a)2 + 2(5a)(2b) + (2b)2 = 25a2 + 20ab + 4b2 2. (3x + 10y)2 = (3x)2 + (2)(3x)(10y) + (10y)2
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4.) What is the difference between a’smart’ and a’s Danticat depends heavily on the female perspective. O’Brien depends heavily on the male perspective. Does the limitation to one type of perspective help or hinder their message? The limitation to one type of perspective that both Danticat and O’Brien use helps their messages be conveyed because it creates a social stigma about how each situation affects the opposing gender. Danticat’s message expresses how women during the Haitian war were belittled
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for their product that was not freely available. For example‚ most people have to order their iPhone 4s’s ahead of time‚ because the product is scarce. Scarcity also brings out rationing‚ which in this case the people who have extra money for an Apple product are normally the people that will get this product first. People also have a choice to select one product over another. Some of these people are waiting in this store because they have made the choice of selecting this Apple product over another
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Marketing Chapter 8 Product‚ Services‚ and Branding Strategy 1 Product‚ Services‚ and Branding Strategy Topic Outline • What Is a Product? • Product and Services Decisions • Branding Strategy: Building Strong Brands • Services Marketing 2 What Is a Product? Products‚ Services‚ and Experiences Product is anything that can be offered in a market for attention‚ use‚ or consumption that might satisfy a need or want. • Apple IPod‚ Toyota‚ Caffé Mocha at Starbucks Service is a form of product that consists
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Prototype Electronic Bus Ticket using Integrated Smart Card Reader 1. Project Introduction Electronic ticketing implements proper arrival and departure bays. This is for convenience of the passengers using such public transport. An electronic ticket carries the same information as a paper ticket. The major difference is an electronic ticket is located in a computer database. It is an electronic record of the traveller’s reservation containing information such as the time‚ date and place
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Combating Products & Services Summary: This article revolves around the concept of hybrid solutions i.e.‚ combining products and services into innovative offerings to attract more customers and provide superior value to them. The article identifies two basic characteristics of any offering- complementarity (when used together) and independence (used separately) based on which four types of hybrid offerings emerge. These are as follows: i. Flexible Bundle: These bundles (of product and service) are
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CHAPTER 4 PRODUCT and SERVICE DESIGN 1. Why is product or service design strategically important? For the success and prosperity of an organization. It has an impact on future activities. Consequently decisions in this area of the most fundamental that managers must make. 2. List some of the things that product and service design does. 1) Translates customer wants and needs into product and service requirements. (marketing‚ operations) 2) Develop new products and services
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