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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
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
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
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
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
Revisiting Product Naming
A couple of months ago, I had written about the chaos and the difficulty of the product naming process. Today, I was reading an article in HBR about this issue and it had some interesting perspectives that I had previously not considered. Specific… Continue reading
The Incandescent Light Bulb
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” — Arthur C. Clarke “The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.”… Continue reading
What is the Smart Grid? — Part 2
In my previous post, I gave a brief overview of the Smart Grid. There are many other resources on the Web that provide a good introductory overview of the Smart Grid. Websites: NIST Smart Grid Conceptual Model Smart Grid Clearing House SmartGrid.G… Continue reading
What is the Smart Grid?
The electric grid is the vast network that transmits electric power from the place of generation to the end consumer. Most of our electricity is generated at large centers such as Thermal Power plants, Hydro-Electric plants and Nuclear Power plant… Continue reading
Lessons from Irrationality
I don’t intend this post to be full fledged review of Dan Ariely’s ‘Predictably Irrational’. There are plenty of reviews out there if you are interested. This post is more of a ‘highlights’ that I would like to remember. The book covers a range of… Continue reading
Pulper Tank 