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- Want a smart meter? Try your electric bill first
- Want a smart meter? Try your electric bill firstMisses the value of real time dataWhile I wholeheartedly agree with the point that $2500+ smart meters are a costly approach to achieving efficiency, at least before they're networked to specific appliances, the value of energy use in real time is missed....
- Tags: smart meter
- Discussion threads 2009-06-05
- Smart meters to cut energy costs
- Smart meters to cut energy costsSmart?Please don't call them smart meters. There is nothing smart in multiplying the kW used by a factor.The thing is that they start calling them smart meters and they'll start charging us more for pretty much nothing.RE: Smart meters to cut energy costsPlease! Time-of-day-use metering...
- Tags: Public relations, Smart Meter, energy cost
- Discussion threads 2007-10-05
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- More evidence of the coming collision between home broadband and the smart grid
- Collision?Not the word I would have used.In any event, I think this is a positive and necessary direction to go. In order to manage more diversified, less dependable/consistent sources of energy, the demand side HAS TO be managed. Without it, we are just setting ourselves up for a lot of...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, collision, home broadband, grid, smart grid
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Gauging our future
- As long as there has been digital tech, it's GIGO. Without data or faulty data, well, you get what you start with. Digital tech does not take cow manure and return tasty tomatoes. So even if your grandchildren are still powering this planet with coal...
- Tags: Grid, Teridian, Manufacturing, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- LG W2486L
- The Samsung SyncMaster XL2370 is currently the reining king of LED monitors. Compared with the LG Flatron W2486L, the SyncMaster offers better performance, lighter weight, and a thinner design. Granted, the W2486L comes with a VGA port and two HDMI ports--as opposed to the Samsung's single HDMI and DVI...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Samsung SyncMaster, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung SyncMaster XL2370, HDMI, brightness, LG Electronics Inc., monitor
- Product reviews 2009-10-01
- SmartSynch touts progress in Texas
- What's this, smart grid technology that is actually being used for bonafide business purposes and not just in a pilot? SmartSynch, which provides both smart meter technology and smart grid IP communications technology, is reporting that Texas-New Mexico Power TNMP is about halfway through the deployment of...
- Tags: SmartSynch Inc., TNMP, Network Technology, Cloud Computing, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Utility Computing, It Management, It service Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- Video: Execs say smart meters will take time to change behavior
- OK, just because a utility company wants you to HAVE a smart meter doesn't mean you WANT a smart meter. Heck, I know my husband has aesthetics issues, although he is way sick of people traipsing mud into our basement. (Yes, our meter is THAT old.) Anyway,...
- Tags: Meter, Video, CEO, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- IBM opens up systems framework for energy companies
- IBM has designs on utility companies and other players in the smart grid and renewable energy world that are trying to see the big picture. The company is introducing a framework called the IBM Solution Architecture for Energy and Utilities Framework SAFE, which acts as an integration...
- Tags: Utility Company, Industry, Energy Company, IBM Corp., Telecom & Utilities, Broadband Over Power Line, GIS, Strategy, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Software, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid
- Photo gallery:2010 Ford Fusion HybridThe problem with some hybrid cars is that they're often more hybrid than they are car. The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid doesn't have that problem. Even without considering the gas and electric tag team happening under its hood, the Fusion is a well-put-together vehicle with an...
- Tags: Ford Motor Co.
- Product reviews 2009-09-03
- Liveblog: Sony announces $399 7" Wi-Fi 3G e-book Reader; will it kill the Kindle?
- Goodnight KindleWitch cheaper competition Amazon is finished. I'm surprised that it was Sony who stepped up.The game is getting interestingThough I am pretty sure it's a few years or decades too early to be declaring anything a "Kindle killer" or a "Sony killer". Basically the market is still very...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Games, Wi-Fi, Amazon.com Inc., Sony Corp., game
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- Most Americans support energy infrastructure overhaul
- Energy overhaul is not the issueThe issue is ENERGY EFFICIENCY.Products from 30 years ago specially cars were more energy efficient than todays.What is the point of changing technologies, if that technology is less efficient that what we have today.One example: Biofuels. Not only are we destroying organic material to burn...
- Tags: smart grid, energy usage, grid
- Discussion threads 2009-08-16
- Will 4G make our networks irrelevant?
- Don't worry about itI'm pretty sure the wireless companies with Verizon at the top of the list will find a way to throttle, meter, and cap 4G out of broad usefulness long before schools and other organizations of the same scale get around to using it in place of a...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, NETWORKING, Wi-Fi, radio link, network, 4G
- Discussion threads 2009-08-15
- Opt Me Out! The United States Postal Service Needs an Overhaul
- They Can't Change ItThe ONLY people using the Postal System today are Direct Marketers, Billers and Magazines. That's why the only mail in your post box is catalogs, bills and magazines. 85% of current USPS revenue is from bulk mailers of which Direct Marketers are the largest share....
- Tags: U.S. Postal Service, mailer, revenue
- Discussion threads 2009-08-10
- Don't underestimate the power of the electrical power plug in the smart grid
- Don't underestimate the power of the electrical power plug in the smart gridPlease read...(Broadband over Power Lines- BPL)Take a look at the following. While net communication over power lines might be useful in high density areas (like a large Apt. Building in a major city) it is not without...
- Tags: electrical power plug, smart grid, power plug, grid, powerline
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- Smart People: Raj Vaswani, CTO, Silver Spring Networks
- Say goodbye to the utility man coming by your house and reading your meter to calculate your energy usage. Raj Vaswani, CTO of Silver Spring Networks and his team are developing new technologies that will network meters to the grid. The new smart meters allow your utility company to read...
- Tags: CTO, Network, Team Management, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- General Electric appliances strive for 'net-zero energy homes'
- General Electric has unveiled a research project that intends to help homeowners cut annual energy consumption to zero by 2015. GE plans to "combine on-site power generation through solar panels or wind turbines with energy-efficient appliances and on-site...
- Tags: Appliance, General Electric Co., Home Product, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-07-15
- 2009 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec. V
- Photo gallery:2009 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec. VIn the crowded field of overpowered compact cars, the 2009 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V faces heavy competition from the Honda Civic Si, Volkswagen GTI, and Mazdaspeed3. So what can the Nissan bring to stand a chance against these tuner stalwarts? The answer is...
- Tags: Nissan Sentra, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., car
- Product reviews 2009-06-26
- Who will manage the smart grid?
- Who will manage the smart grid?Smart Grid - who owns itI certainly think that the consumer / home owner will have NO control over the smart grid being connected to their home. They may be able to see what they are consuming, but giving them control defeats the purpose...
- Tags: grid, smart grid
- Discussion threads 2009-06-26
- LG W2053TQ-PF - LCD display - TFT - 20"
- The LG Flatron W2053TQ can be found priced from $150 to $180. The monitor includes a couple of useful eco-friendly options, and it has decent movie and game performance. Its matte screen also allows dark details to be seen more easily than the HP 2009m's glossy and reflective screen....
- Tags: Monitors & displays, TFT, LCD, display, LG Electronics Inc., bezel, Autoset, LG Flatron W2053TQ, brightness, monitor, OSD, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Product reviews 2009-06-19
- New iPhone 3.0 OS available
- New iPhone 3.0 OS availableiPhone is AWESOME!!!WOW!!! With Apple Innovated tm features like copy and paste and MMS, this is teh bestest mobile OS EVAR!! Watch, I bet WindowsMobile 6.5 will have copy and paste. Typical of MS to copy Apple. Ooooooo, I hate MS!!! But I love Apple! Honest...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Bluetooth, Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, text/MMS, New iPhone 3.0 OS, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
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