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2011 Smart Energy Summit Video Coverage
In a nutshell, smart energy is about doing more with the same or less energy, as well as making better use of alternative power sources. That would be the single sentence description of what was a crash course on the topic of "Smart Energy" at last week's Parks Associates' Smart Energy Summit. Viodi worked with Parks…
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The Social Electric Network
Scott Burns of Reliant Energy talks about the competitive retail energy market in Texas and the techniques they are using to engage customers in energy management. He discusses how they are leveraging the smart meters to benefit the consumer. He explains how electronic communications is an integral part of their efforts and how that effort…
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The Smart Home in a Kit
In this video, Will Brown of D-Link and Kevin Meagher of Intamac explain how their respective hardware and software products can be used to provide security, monitoring and control turning any home into a smart home. D-Link has created a starter kit, especially for the Do-It-Yourself" type of person, that allows for an easy installation.…
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The Evolution of the Portable Media Player
[Note: Added 9/6/15 – the above player, which is empty, is an example of what happens when a streaming video service goes out of business. Unfortunately, there are probably a couple hundred videos like this on the ViodiTV site, as finding them and fixing them was very labor intensive.] Way back in July 2002, Archos…
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From the Doorbell to the Phone to 3DTV
In its CES 2011 booth, D-Link demonstrated several over the top video applications and how they tie together. Their surveillance cameras talk not only to smartphones, but to their Boxee-powered set-top, allowing people to watch their home cameras (or others cameras) from the convenience of their couch.
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Wireless Power – Not Just for Breakfast
This eye-catching demonstration of a flashing cereal box got my attention at the Pepcom event at CES 2011; Fulton Innovation demonstrated how their magnetic thin-film could potentially be applied to everyday products, such as dry goods. In addition to turning a cardboard box into a digital sign, their coupling device can read meta-data from the…
