As part and parcel of their set up they control a swathe of spectrum: to communicate between their various offices and staff.

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They become enablers instead of controllers, coordinate their organizations through dynamic linking of teams and customers rather than command and control, make social and customer values their prime concern, and communicate so as to further stakeholder conversations.

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The Ube Smart Dimmer uses standard IP protocol to communicate with the cloud and with the Ube smartphone control app.

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"The control over what people communicate is lost and we have to adapt to this new state of things, " he said via e-mail.

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Ethernet is a democratic type of network: computers communicate peer to peer with no central control, and the technical standard became open, managed by the IEEE.

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Even though the cars can communicate with each other and drive themselves, drivers can take control if they choose.

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Tower closures would not necessarily result in airport closures, because some aircraft can land without air traffic control help, and those that need controller help can communicate with more distant FAA facilities.

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Obviously, you have situations where they can escalate out of control, but I will tell you: If you communicate and just demonstrate that you understand and have some empathy for the person and why they're there and how you happened to get there, you can de-escalate and you can prevent most of these situations from occurring.

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The middleware sits between the home appliances and a controlling device, such as a mobile phone, and allows them to communicate. i2home has also created a variety of interfaces for control devices.

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