Receiving the most buzz however seemed to be the GE Nucleus, a home energy monitoring system that uses Brillion Technology to work with smart meters and help homeowners manage electricity consumption (and eventually water, natural gas, and renewable energy consumption after software upgrades).

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Since its founding in 2005 the company has created 15 subsidiary companies based on technology like magnetoresistive random access memory from New York University and a salt-intake monitoring system from Cornell University.

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