Next Century Challenges: Mobile Networking for “Smart Dust” J. M. Kahn‚ R. H. Katz (ACM Fellow)‚ K. S. J. Pister Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences‚ University of California‚ Berkeley (jmk‚ randy‚ pister} @Ieecs. berkeley.edu Abstract Large-scale networks of wireless sensors are becoming an active topic of research. Advances in hardware technology and engineering design have led to dramatic reductions in size‚ power consumption and cost for digital circuitry
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Abstract- A smart home is an application of computing to the home environment and it is monitored by ambient intelligence to provide services and facilitate remote home control. This paper presents an overview of previous research on smart home as well as the related technologies. A brief discussion about smart homes and their interrelationships is presented here. It describes combined information about sensors‚ communication protocols‚ multimedia devices‚ and systems‚ which are widely used in smart home
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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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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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References: * Advantages & Disadvantages of Using Smart Cards‚ [online] Available at :< http://www.ehow.com/facts_4843889_advantages-disadvantages-using-smart-cards.html> [Accessed 10 July 2012]. * Cyber Cash: The secure internet payment service‚[online] Available at:< http://safire.net/support/cybercash.html> [Accessed 11 July 2012]. * Cyber
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SMART SUPER MARKET Project Completion Report The Smart supermarket is a project where the customer’s mobile phone pairs with a supermarket trolley and sends the shopping list to the trolley. The smart trolley displays customized special offers and the availability of the items in the shop automatically. The customer picks up the items. The trolley keeps track of the barcodes and allows automatic checkout by sending the barcodes of the item to the Till. The Till processes the customer’s bill by
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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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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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The Smart Car The Smart car was introduced in 1994 between Mercedes-Benz and the Swiss manufacturer of Swatch watches and was unveiled in 1997. The car was named for “Swatch‚ Mercedes and art.” The Smart car only measures in at 8-feet-8-inches long and is 5-feet-1-inch wide. More than 95% of the components are recyclable. The Smart car is priced in at three different versions. The Pure is at the base level and starts at $11‚590. The Passion is decked out and is most popular and starts at $13
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“A Home In A Construction Tube.” Reviews: IAM Group Ltd Japan Singapore to BK Thailand At a young age‚ we should be very appreciative of what our parents provide us. Sometimes to those who are not well off‚ and with a scarcity of resources‚ our parents still strive for our best interest. Above all‚ they go beyond their limits just to provide us with the proper education to be our tool when we go out facing the world. I had a fair life. We were not that poor‚ but we were not rich. My parents who
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