That allows it to be controlled by a smart building system or overridden by an actual human.
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Cars are loading up on their chip content overall, and commercial developers and homeowners are beginning to add energy-smart building controls that rely on semiconductor content.
Deutschebank is experimenting with a financing model similar to that used by energy services companies (ESCOs) whereby the savings in energy costs are used to pay back the capital investment of the smart building upgrades.
Given the history and nature of IT industries, one should fully expect clever IT startups to be at the leading edge of smart building networks and both successfully competing with entrenched players, or getting acquired by them.
Mayer says the franchise represents smart brand building and characters that people have an affinity to.
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He is also the author of Smart Growth: Building an Enduring Business by Managing the Risks of Growth.
Now is the time to double down on our smart investments in building a strong and secure middle class.
MyLink adds stereo audio streaming and wireless control of smart phones, building on the voice-activated Bluetooth hands-free calling capability already offered in most Chevy vehicles.
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Smart companies are building new business models leveraging trends such as M2M which is simply the direct communication between objects and systems without the need for human intervention.
And that his current bosses, while making smart choices in building for the future, haven't given him much in the way of bridge players to tidy up the present.
Treybig, Heller and Maples all had a hand in building Smart Technologies, an Austin company that wants to be to Internet software what German software giant SAP is to industrial automation.
The energy efficiency tools can be used with a network of assets such as smart meters, smart plugs and building management systems to keep a tab on real-time energy use of corporate assets.
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"These results open the potential for visibly transparent polymer solar cells as add-on components of portable electronics, smart windows and building-integrated photovoltaics and in other applications, " said study leader Yang Yang, a UCLA professor of materials science and engineering, who also is director of the Nano Renewable Energy Center at California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI).
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This is driving strong demand for smart grids, green building materials and the like.
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Maybe that brilliant Farmville engineer will soon be building our smart energy grid instead.
Their failure or success building a smart pipe will dictate the economic potential of the entire industry.
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Investing in climate smart agriculture and capacity building for vulnerable rural communities will not be sustainable without the inclusion of women in the decision-making process.
Smart software systems can analyze building information for trends and comparisons, and feed the results back into ever-improving energy reduction strategies.
According to Korea Times, citing a source familiar with the matter, LG is building both a smart watch and a product similar to Google Glass.
We can generate clean, renewable electricity (often in low-demand regions) and get it to where it's needed by building a national smart grid to distribute clean power -- like a high-voltage Internet.
Wireless networks are a key building block for smart homes, since they enable devices to talk to each other, and to the internet, without the need to run cables all over the place.
Smart grids can happen at the building level and scale up to global, just as the Internet did.
The blackout triggered calls by industry leaders for the building of a nationwide smart power grid, which could reroute electricity seamlessly in such cases.
Is it smart to spend this crucial period building up a stable life: a promising job, a reliable partner, and an admirable assortment of kitchenware?
Engineering this sound into the design of the Surface tablet was a smart move for Microsoft, but building advertising around this distinctive sound is even cleverer on the part of the unnamed advertising agency behind the campaign.
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While ARM designs dominate the market for smart phones right now, Intel is determined to bring its manufacturing prowess to bear on the problem of building a version of its x86 processors for smart phones and tablets.
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In the past, and the present, places have competed for smart, high-skilled newcomers by building impressive physical infrastructure and offering incentives and inducements for companies or individuals.
He likens the situation to the early days of iOS, when smart developers recognized that it was a platform worth building for despite the then-small user base.
Its main city, Portland, became the poster child of the "smart growth" movement by forcing up density, building an extensive light-rail system and restoring its urban core.
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