EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Smart Meters Smart Electrical Meters‚ Advanced Metering Infrastructure‚ and Meter Communications NOTE: This document is a free excerpt of a larger research report. If you are interested in purchasing the full report‚ please contact Pike Research at sales@pikeresearch.com. Published 4Q 2009 Bob Gohn Industry Analyst Clint Wheelock Managing Director Smart Meters Section 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The electrical metering industry is undergoing the largest transformation
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Product decisions in marketing (PRODUCT) Case No. 4: “SMART Cards” ____________________________________________________________________________ SMART CARDS S mart is the operative word among many product developers these days. For example‚ smart card is the name of an advanced form of pocket- and purse-sized cards that may soon usher in a new era of cashless electronic commerce. Although they resemble familiar ATM cards‚ each smart card is equipped with a computer chip instead of a black
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Did Exploration have a Positive or Negative affect on Our World? “Following the light of the sun‚ we left the Old World.” This is a quote that was stated by one of the most famous explorers of the late 1400’s and continuing into the 1500’s‚ his name was Christopher Columbus. Columbus‚ being the first to find the Americas‚ besides the Indians‚ was the start of a time of exploration. Although exploration can be looked at as a bad thing‚ I would like to recognize the perks of exploration. One positive
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Introduction: Smart textiles is the modification of fibers‚ fabrics and special articals which is produceing day by day in different way and different techniques. Many intelligent textiles already feature in advanced types of clothing‚ principally for protection and safety and for added fashion or convenience. Smart materials or textiles can be defined as the materials and structures which have sense or can sense the environmental conditions or stimuli‚ whereas intelligent textiles can
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English 099 December 6‚ 2012 Space Exploration! Humans have dreamed of leaving the earth and traveling space for many years‚ and up to this day they have taken many steps in the right direction. Yet‚ with every new frontier they approach‚ new problems loom over the horizon. Some of these problems arise right here on Earth. Some of the issues have been resolved‚ such as escaping the forces of gravity to reach outer space. Most of the problems are far more arduous and the solutions need
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we are tiny. Extremely tiny. So why do humans make it essential that we should explore the space even though our impact would barely make a dent in the unfathomable universe. In the article Why Bother to Explore the Universe‚ David Helfand argues and persuades his readers that through astronomy and space exploration we‚ as humans‚ have continued to be as curious and imaginative as ever. This growing interest for what is outside our planet has taught humans to be innovative and creative when it comes
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My Smart Phone Purchase The competition among the smart phone brands in the Malaysian market is getting stronger day by day. When I decide to buy a smart phone‚ many choices out there with various options and features‚ many factors and limitations narrow it down to one. Comparing and deciding process leads to the final choice. The personal factor influenced the purchase decision the most. The main two specifications I’m looking for in the smart phone are: having dual sim
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There are many different factors that led to the European exploration. Some of the factors were to spread the religion of Christianity‚ and to grow wealthy. To find new sources to help grow wealthy was the main reason for the European exploration. Some of the explores also felt their job was to convert non-Christians. The new technology developed allowed the European exploration to occur. A new ship was developed called the caravel‚ it allowed the ships to sail against the wind. Also the printing
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1 The Smart Car In 1991‚ Nicolas Hayek‚ chairman of Swatch‚ announced an agreement with Volkswagen to develop a battery-powered "Swatch car." At the time‚ Hayek said his goal was to build "an ecologically inoffensive‚ highquality city car for two people" that would sell for about $6‚400. The Swatchmobile concept was based on Hayek’s conviction that consumers become emotionally attached to cars just as they do to watches. Like the Swatch‚ the Swatchmobile (officially named "Smart") was
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“SMART MATERIALS” ABSTRACT The world has undergone two materials ages‚ the plastics age and the composite age‚ during the past centuries. In the midst of these two ages a new era has developed. This is the smart materials era. According to early definitions‚ smart materials are materials that respond to their environments in a timely manner. The definition of smart materials has been expanded to materials that receive‚ transmit or process a stimulus and respond
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