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A New Wildfire Watchdog

Cars That Think

In our always-on, sensor-laden, Internet-connected world, shouldn't technology have done better? And then, with transmission complete and the triggering stimulus gone, the system would shut down and return to a sleep or fully powered-off state. Too many did not make it out of their beds, let alone their homes.

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Smart Meters and Electric Cars

Revenge of the Electric Car

The new digital meters are being installed by the thousands in many utility districts, and in SoCal Edison’s case, they expect to be fully installed by 2012. It might seem that simply plugging in your Chevy Volt or Ford Escape before bedtime would do. Smart meters have uses far beyond electric vehicles.