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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A smart city uses resources efficiently and provides solutions sustainably. It provides solutions that are cost effective which reduces the carbon footprint. These solutions include the implementation of green buildings‚ electric powered vehicles and the use of alternate renewable energy sources. Smart cities are based on integrated systems that interact to form an efficient and productive economy. A smart city is a city that is developed to reduce negative environmental impact. It is
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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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Street Smarts over Book Smarts Gerald Graff is a Professor of English and Education in the University of Illinois at Chicago. In Graff’s essay‚ “Hidden Intellectualism”‚ Graff compares street smarts to book smarts. Graff debates the common belief that having book smarts gives one an intellectual advantage over other forms of intellectualism. Gerald Graff supports this belief by telling a personal story‚ explaining where the education systems fails‚ and stating that people stereotype intellect with
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INTRODUCTION Smart card is one of the greatest achievements in the world of information technology. Similar in size to today ’s plastic payment card‚ the smart card has a microprocessor or memory chip embedded in it that‚ when coupled with a reader‚ has the processing power to serve many different applications. As an access-control device‚ smart cards can be used to access server remotely over the Internet and they can make personal and business data available only to the appropriate users. Smart cards
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Content 1. Abstract……………………………………………………….. 1 2. Introduction…………………………………….…………….. 2 3. Design & Analysis…..……………………………………….. 3 4. Result ………………………………………………………… 10 5. Conclusion…………………………………………………..... 10 Smart Dust Shilpa Nagod Page 1 of 10 SMART DUST 1.Abstract ’Smart’ dust’ is a minute grain of silicon that spontaneously assembles‚ orients and senses its local environment‚ a first step toward fan development of rebels the size of sand grains that could be used in medicine‚ bioterrorism
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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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Developing the Future of Flight Aerospace engineering is the field of engineering dealing with the design‚ development‚ construction‚ testing‚ and operation of vehicles operating in the Earth’s atmosphere or in outer space (Stanzione). Aerospace engineers can work on many different vehicles from aircraft to deep diving vessels to high speed trains. The vast knowledge in aerodynamics‚ propulsion systems‚ structural design‚ materials‚ avionics‚ and stability allows them to work on just about anything
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human push on new ideas and technologies to make it real. Wireless technology has been developed from wire to reduce inconvenience of installation‚ which are well known in recently such as WiFi‚ RFID‚ Bluetooth‚ Zigbee‚ or etc. Intelligent home or smart home is the extension of residential‚ which has ability to automate household activity and housework. Also include light control‚ heating‚ circulating air‚ and air condition; it looks like what we see in TVs advertise such as when you arrived home
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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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