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    What has been the impact, positive and negative, of the Internet on the way we do business? Internet is defined as a global system of interconnected computer systems. The internet, as we see today, allows anyone to communicate with any other person anywhere around the world without any effort or effective cost anonymously. The advance in technology of Internet has led to faster communications. For example the change of dependency from postal service to much faster e-mails, online banking, social

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    The Dawn of SmartCards: What you Need to Know about Plastc, Coin 2, and Swyp Digital wallets, digital bankcards, digital credit cards and digital loyalty cards are becoming more and more popular. The driving force behind them is the removal of cards from your wallet. Instead of having a wallet full of cards, you have a digital account, and if you have a SmartCard, then you may take one card out with you and access all your card accounts with it. The Pros And Cons Of Digital Wallets And SmartCards

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    III .FEATURES OF A SMART GRID Reliability The smart grid uses technology to self locate faults so their rectification is fast and sound. This self healing property of smart grid makes it more reliable than the conventional grid. Main technology used here is state estimation. Multiple routes are used in a smart grid which were used in the old grid as well. But mostly they were radial in nature so that any failure can cause total failure of the system and the current would be shunted to other elements

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    is by using the energy efficiently. The idea of energy saving is applied in the concept of a smart home. This project aims to develop an algorithm to estimate the energy plans for future periods in a smart home in order to achieve energy efficiency. Using the Household Demand Side Management (DSM) systems, the total usage of energy in the future can be predicted according to the demand supply in the smart home. Furthermore, it is estimated that the simultaneousness between production and consumption

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    the particular person 's License details. In this system every automobile should have fingerprint reader device. A person, who wants to drive the vehicle, should swipe his/her finger (License) in the vehicle. If the fingerprint image stored on the smart card and

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    INTRODUCTION Payments system all over the world has experienced a period of dramatic change. Consumers, businesses, and government are moving away from paper checks and towards electronic forms of payment. Technological advances and competitive forces are fundamentally altering the payments landscape, with important implications for efficiency, safety, and access. A payment card is a device (embossed plastics) that enables its owner (the cardholder) to make a payment by electronic funds transfer

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    Emily Whitmer Rose Glasser EDTP 201 10/28/16 Ethnography: The Building Blocks of Learning I remember my first day going to a school to observe. It felt more inquiring, rather than being obligated to go to school just because I had to, like the state required us to. Ever since I have been given two field placements, I have been increasingly interested in the teaching profession. My first field placement has been an eye opener for all other rolls in a school. It has showed me just how important other

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    Intelligent Transmission & Distribution System in Smart Grid Technology Hrishikesh Ganesh Divekar New Jersey Institute of Technology Abstract: Smart grid technology is the combination of existing electrical architecture i.e power generation, switchgear, power systems and digital technologies which provides smart, efficient, reliable and cost effective ways to distribute electricity. It makes optimal use of power by monitoring, analysis, control, and provides flexible distribution to maximize

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    the way cities operate. The term smart cities, is used to describe a city that possesses an IoT oriented infrastructure. “In a smart city, the digital technologies translate into better public services for inhabitants and better use of resources while reducing environmental impacts”. [3] For a smart city to be feasible, IoT must provide intelligence, interconnection, and instrumentation. Wi-Fi-enabled smart devices and low-cost sensors are components of the smart city and allow devices a way to communicate

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    control entry to a room or building and were developed to reduce prodigious amount of theft and fraud. Magnetic access control card security systems use smart cards which are small plastic cards made out of Polyvinyl Chloride incorporating one or more integrated circuits within its thickness to store and transact data (Hendry, 2007). Types of smart cards include Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) cards, magnetic

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