Monthly Archives: June 2011

An Epiphany about Reading Books and Reading about Books

I have noticed that I have been reading more about books than the books themselves. In many ways, this trend was bound to happen. There are more books out there than any one human can read in a lifetime. And, plenty of new books are released every… Continue reading

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The Smart Phone Market and the Car Market

Today a ‘leak’ from Nokia turned up on the Web and showed details of Nokia’s first Windows phone. Judging by the professional quality of the video, it hardly feels like a leak. As so many others have guessed, the ‘leak’ was most likely the work of… Continue reading

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The Signal Processing Industry and the Smart Grid

Since the term Smart Grid encompasses everything from Power Generation to consumer usage at home and offices, the work on developing the Smart Grid affects a whole range of industries. A recent article in the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine looked… Continue reading

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Will the Smart Grid Cross the Chasm?

The Smart Grid concept has been around for a few years now. There have been a bunch of pilot projects, but the typical consumer has largely been unaffected by work in this area. There have been grumblings all along and even a few high profile nays… Continue reading

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Smart Grid Videos

Following up on the introductory post on the Smart Grid, I wanted to assemble a group of videos that would serve as a good introduction to the Smart Grid. It turns out that there is already a very good collection out there: The 10 Smart Grid Video… Continue reading

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