What is a smart city? • A smart city has been defined as a ‘knowledge’‚ ‘digital’‚ ‘cyber’ or ‘eco’ city; representing a concept open to a variety of interpretations‚ depending on the goals set out by a smart city’s planners. We might refer to a smart city as an improvement on today’s city both functionally and structurally‚ using information and communication technology (ICT) as an infrastructure. • A city well performing in a forward-looking way in [economy‚ people‚ governance‚ mobility
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SMART CLOTHES – “Clothes of the future” With this new time and age of technological advancements‚ the manufacturing of smart clothes has brought about a textile revolution. This involves the integration of electronic components and Nano-technology within fabrics and fibres resulting in the birth of intelligent fabrics possessing specific properties. Smart materials are capable of ‘thinking’ and ‘acting’ by sensing the conditions of the immediate environment. These are sensitive to the wearer’s body
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spur ubiquitous computing researches. Smart dust is a tiny dust size device with extra-ordinary capabilities. Smart dust combines sensing‚ computing‚ wireless communication capabilities and autonomous power supply within volume of only few millimeters and that too at low cost. These devices are proposed to be so small and light in weight that they can remain suspended in the environment like an ordinary dust particle. These properties of Smart Dust will render it useful in monitoring real
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homes pertaining to actual usage. Smart grids allows for two way communications between the electricity company and the homes allowing both electric companies and homes to operate more efficiently. This two way communication will allow home users to cut costs by efficiently utilizing energy. Smart grids will also allow the electricity companies to raise prices when the demand is high and lower prices when the demand is low. Mirroring the price advantage‚ smart grids will allow the user to dictate
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1. What is the difference between a. and a. List the four types of senior living communities that exist in the United States and in 2-4 sentences describe the typical characteristics of each. Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs): These communities offer a variety of care‚ ranging from independent living to skilled nursing services‚ with various contract and fee options. Residents typically sign a residency agreement that guarantees access to different levels of care as their needs change
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Smart Pill Assignment There are three different forms of pills that smart pills can consist of. Natural vitamins‚ plant derived herbals and synthetic pharmaceuticals. Can these pills have any effect on promoting intelligence? Is intelligence built into our genes? Or is intelligence acquired as we age and gain experience. Intelligence has different levels and everyone believe different things. Some people believe that “smart pills” make you smarter. Plant derived herbals come from different plants
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INDUSTRY Classification and definition of the industry The relevant industry for Smart Car is worldwide automakers because the target audience will be cost-conscious Americans. In 1999‚ the American car market was filled with many foreign imports that directly competed against and in some instances beat American domestic car producers. Analysis of existing competitors Today there are other low cost automobile manufacturers marketing to the United States. None‚ however‚ produce anything
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Eugene Sychugov 2nd 4/12/13 Brain Essay/Summary Charles Hillman explains that not all jocks are dumb‚ but are smart. He did an experiment with third and fifth graders to see if they became smarter by exercising before doing something academic. Charles measured all the kids body mass index which is a number calculated from a person’s height and weight‚ and tells how much body fatness you have. After he had all the kids work out he had them take a state wide standardized test. He then checked
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Introduction to Business Decision Making Case study- The Sun & Wind Corporation (SMART analysis) Nowadays there is an increasing environmental awareness in the world. I am now given the job of choosing a site for the construction of a medium-sized wind farm with a potential 100MW generating capacity of Sun and Wind Energy Corporation. There are five potential locations for which the UK government will issue a licence‚ although there will be consultations with interested parties like local residents
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with that goal. However‚ after putting my goals in the smart goal format I can see a big difference in what they mean to me. The smart goal format helps narrow down the overall purpose that I am trying to achieve. For example‚ the first goal that I put on my original list is buy a house. Now if I were to put that in a back of my mind and say that is a goal that I want to achieve in the future it could become a lost cause. By using the smart goal format I have narrowed the goal from an unlimited amount
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