testimonies. The kind of rugged environments that Ushahidi was created for are also the kinds of places where web access can be decidedly unreliable at best. That ’s why Ushahidi has developed BRCK. (Steadman‚ 2013) BRCK is a wireless‚ battery-powered modem that aims to help users connect to the web no matter where they are in the world.The Brck device works with unreliable power and unreliable Internet to provide connectivity to entire villages. (Scaturro‚ 2013) Described as "the backup generator for
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CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION TO HOME AUTOMATION 1.1 What is Home Automation? Home automation is the residential extension of "building automation". It is automation of the home‚ housework or household activity. Home automation may include centralized control of lighting‚ HVAC (heating‚ ventilation and air conditioning)‚ appliances‚ and other systems‚ to provide improved convenience‚ comfort‚ energy efficiency and security. Home automation for the elderly and disabledcan provide increased quality of
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At the farm level‚ the traditional market is represented by the mainly including middlemen like dodhies. Dodhies are middle men who collect milk from farmer and transfer onward to consumer or to informal institutional buyers such as restaurants‚ tea stalls‚ etc. or wholesalers and other retailers. They often operate on a small scale‚ handling 50 to 100 liters of milk per day. Dodhies are of two types‚ Pacca dodhi and Katcha dodhi. Katcha dodhies collect milk from rural areas and either sells to
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When you think of a superhero one normally thinks of Spiderman‚ Batman‚ or Superman‚ but there were superheroes long before these characters were created. First one must understand that the basis of this name is hero. What is a hero? A hero is a person who does something special or out of the ordinary in order to help others. And what have these "superheroes" done for us? They have played a very important role in American history since the 1930’s. It all began when two Jewish teenagers‚ Jerry Siegal
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CHAPTER TWO NETWORKING SYSTEMS AND LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (LAN) A network is a system of two or more computers that are connected in some manner. Each computer on the network has access to the files and peripheral equipment (such as printers or modems) on all the other computers on the network. The origin of local area networks can be traced‚ in part‚ to IBM terminal equipment introduced in 1974. At that time‚ IBM introduced a series of terminal devices designed for use in transaction-processing
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design and implementation of SMS based control for monitoring systems. The paper has three modules involving sensing unit for monitoring the complex applications. A processing unit that is microcontroller and a communication module that uses GPRS modem or cell phone
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DSP NOTES PREPARED BY nikhil teja DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING A signal is defined as any physical quantity that varies with time‚ space or another independent variable. A system is defined as a physical device that performs an operation on a signal. System is characterized by the type of operation that performs on the signal. Such operations are referred to as signal processing. Advantages of DSP 1. A digital programmable system allows flexibility in reconfiguring the digital signal
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copy‚ move‚ rename‚ and delete files. 8 Know how to insert and remove a CD disk‚ pen/flash/thumb drive. 9 Save and retrieve files from storage devices such as a hard drive‚ CD disk‚ and pen drive. 10 Access the Internet via dial-up modem‚ DSL‚ cable modem‚ or a network interface. No. Word Processing Skills Self-Assessment Yes No 11 Create‚ save‚ delete‚ and print a new document using a word processor such as Microsoft Word. 12 Use a spell checker. 13 Retrieve an existing word processed
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into another computer system or electronic device. Communications devices are essential as well to the modern computer‚ as communication‚ both within an organization and with the outside world is a major reason computers are so prevalent today. Modems; both dial-up and broadband are good examples. They enable the computer to communicate with other computers and with people outside their immediate environment. Primary and secondary storage consists mainly of memory and permanent storage. Primary
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competition to one analytical frame work to evaluate project and make decision. The proposed research will also addresses the question of asymmetric information which is more relavent in today’s competitive environment. So‚ it is a more scientific modem investment decision- making method. RESEACRH OBJECTIVES: The research objectives are summarized as follows: 1. Review of existing literature. The main aim during this phase would be to go into more details of game theory and financial tools
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