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The Complete Smart Grid
Chris King, a long-time veteran of the smart meter industry, discusses what is needed to realize the full potential of the so-called smart grid; we are closer than ever, but a few key things need to be in place. Chris is with eMeter, a company that provides the back end intelligence required to make sense…
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United in Technology for Aging
Revenues for technology and services for digital health services and associated aging in place is expected to triple by 2015, according to the latest research from Parks Associates. “The digital health industry has many subsectors, and near-term growth will be uneven across these segments,” said Harry Wang, director of Parks Associates’ health research team. "Adoption…
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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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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.
