Smart power efficiency automatically adjusts the brightness of the screen to the surroundings to conserve battery life.
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Then we have the evolution of that idea to "smart power, " as Professor Nye and his colleagues have done.
The main objective of smart power meters is to lower the peak load and thus enable utilities to keep down their peak generating capacity.
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The blackout triggered calls by industry leaders for the building of a nationwide smart power grid, which could reroute electricity seamlessly in such cases.
As Obama seeks to stabilize the region, his administration has been advocating multilateralism and stressing "smart power" diplomacy by using all the tools of foreign policy available.
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Also on the chopping block is PowerMeter, a free energy monitoring tool that pairs with smart power meters and other energy monitoring devices to help users better understand consumption habits and ultimately reduce costs.
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Both iLoud and iLoud MINI are also equipped with a high-performance Li-Ion rechargeable battery with smart power-management features that reduce its power consumption, making possible to go long periods without recharging, an important factor for mobile users.
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In what was billed as Clinton's farewell speech on Thursday at the Council on Foreign Relations, she said the United States needs to build "smart power" in a world where the levers of influence are changing rapidly.
Asia is one area where the smart power approach has paid off - a delicate balance between diplomacy, military ties with allies and support for reforms and reformers such as Burma's Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
First, we must include data center expansion in power management and growth plans (this is in addition to other demands for a smart power grid to support activities such as charging a possible expansion of the number of electric vehicles).
Separately, the company is also releasing a smart power strip, which logs your energy use for various gadgets, and then sends that data to an iOS app. (An Android version is in development.) No word on how much it'll cost in the US, though in Europe it'll cost 64 euro, tax included.
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The Power Matters Alliance (PMA), associated with a program of the IEEE Standards Association called Industry Connections, is dedicated to creating an ecosystem and open standard for smart wireless power.
In Delhi, which it has governed for five years, voters still smart from constant power cuts during a sweltering summer.
The extension of the Smart Alarm is Power Nap.
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Thanks to a microchip, the new power supply from Power Integrations Inc. of Sunnycale, California is smart enough to know when power is needed.
It fears that without visual displays householders will find it harder to benefit from the smart meters and save power.
The Smart Grid provides reliable power that is relatively interruption-free.
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In addition to netbooks, the Atom microprocessor is used in a variety of other places including smartphones, tablets, car infotainment systems, smart TVs, low power consuming servers, and energy management systems.
Attaching appliances to a power socket via a smart plug containing sensors and a ZigBee transceiver allows information about the appliances' power consumption to be beamed automatically to a broadband router within the home, and thence to a web server located elsewhere.
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Technologies including multi-core processor chips, more efficient power supplies and smart cooling systems are already available.
Longer term, the smart ones will let the power users make the call of performance and battery life for themselves.
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Energy has driven the world for over a thousand years Wind, Hydro and Solar are the oldest forms of energy giving power to all smart enough to use it.
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.
Finally, both of these changes are being enabled through the integration of smart grid technology in the power transmission and distribution grid, which moves not only electrons but also information effectively through our energy networks.
More investment is flowing to technologies such as upgraded power grids with smart meters that allow users to better manage their consumption of electricity, and energy-efficient buildings that reduce the cost of operations and improve human health through better air quality.
That's why we're investing in companies right here in Nevada and across this nation that produce solar power and wind power and the smart, energy-efficient electric grids -- (applause) -- the investments that are giving rise to a clean energy economy. (Applause.) It's vital that we do that.
Customers urgently need increased price and quality transparency to buy smart and offset the growing market power of providers.
The key feature of a distributed system is so-called "smart metering, " which allows power to flow in both directions.
The notion that such an impersonal gold standard actually produces better results than smart men and women with the power to manipulate interest rates and currency values may be counter-intuitive.
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