Buildings are normalized for weather, number of occupants and things like how many computers they contain.

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Just look at things like cell phones, cable and satellite television, the internet and computers.

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If you can put data into that, computers can program things for you--calendars and spreadsheets can be like a program.

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The number of Internet enabled phones has already surpassed the number of Internet enabled computers, and their estimates also include connectivity for things not commonly thought of as internet-connected like cars and televisions.

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