The company has spent several years developing a "portable people meter"--a cell-phone-sized device that panelists could carry with them and automatically record not only radio signals but television sound and even such other acoustic sources as music piped in at a grocery store.

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Healy and Brewster dream of people someday driving a fuel-cell car up to an Enernoc meter during peak demand and pumping electricity back into the grid.

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By communicating with a smart meter, Nucleus will let people program appliances to take advantage of off-peak pricing plans offered by utilities that have time-of-use electricity plans.

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Garnering only a nine share in the advertiser-beloved 18-to-49-year-old demographic, the broadcast ranked the lowest in Nielsen's recorded People Meter history.

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Most people might think they already have that freedom--by obeying the signs or keeping the parking meter stocked with quarters.

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