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
Premium Smart card
Smart homes A Smart Home is one that provides its home owners comfort‚ security‚ energy efficiency (low operating costs) and convenience at all times‚ regardless of whether anyone is home. Smart Home" is the term commonly used to define a residence that has appliances‚ lighting‚ heating‚ air conditioning‚ TVs‚ computers‚ entertainment audio & video systems‚ security‚ and camera systems that are capable of communicating with one another and can be controlled remotely by a time schedule‚ from any
Premium Home automation Rooms
9/30/2014 Smart TV - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Smart TV From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia A smart TV‚ sometimes referred to as connected TV or hybrid TV‚ (not to be confused with IPTV‚ Internet TV‚ or with Web TV) is a television set or set-top box with integrated Internet and Web 2.0 features‚ and is an example of technological convergence between computers and television sets and settop boxes. Besides the traditional functions of television sets and set-top boxes provided
Premium Internet television Television Streaming media
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
Premium Mobile phone Textile
SMART Goals Part A: Reflect on your results from the Career Interest Profiler Activity and the Career Plan Building Activity: Competencies. Building on your strengths and weaknesses‚ create five SMART goals to help you with your personal academic and career journey. Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Goal Setting Example: Take a writing workshop in the next 2 to 3 weeks to help me improve my writing skills in order to successfully communicate with others. 1. Earn My Bachelor’s
Premium Goal Academic degree
American TV Blockbuster in China In contemporary China‚ people are profoundly influenced by western culture in every respect of their lives---South Korea dressing fad‚ romantic lifestyle of Paris‚ Japanese Cartoon and electronic gadgets‚ footballing fever-pitch from South America and so on. One more country worthy to be mentioned‚ except all of the countries listed above‚ is the United States. With its cutting-edge techonology‚ systematic political tradition freatured in democracy‚ as well as
Free Television Reality television Television program
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
Premium Electricity Grid computing Energy conservation
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
Premium
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
Premium Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder Dietary supplement Pharmacology
“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
Premium