The current electric grid in the United States looks strikingly similar to the grid from the 1930s, and it’s time for a paradigm shift in energy distribution. A sustainable grid can be likened to the Internet—allowing for ubiquitous generation, storage, use and sharing of energy. The same dramatic shift that occurred when centralized mainframes were replaced with PCs, then connected through the Internet, is needed in the power industry to enable every citizen to participate in energy production, conservation and utilization.

Near field communication is a technology for transmitting over short-range distance. The fact that possible targets do not require batteries and can be relatively small makes such technology a good candidate for supporting mobile payment systems. The paper provides an overview of the technology and its perspectives for mobile payment systems.

Abstract—In the recent past, evolutionary applications have started to emerge, augmenting or replacing the common and often superannuated entertainment services that find everyday use. IPTV, or, providing television programming over the packetswitched Internet has been one of them; a service expecting to prostrate the simple TV broadcast, and enhance its features, using novel sets of applications, offered within the same infrastructure. This article overviews the IPTV service, analyzing its key-features as a technology, as well as the unique demands they pose. At the same time, it illuminates the wired and wireless network architectures that can facilitate IPTV service delivery, while addressing cost, reliability, and quality of service requirements. Finally, it also discusses of the IPTV issues and research areas that can further help the strong founding of the IPTV service.

The aim of this work is to carry out a comprehensive overview of small satellite domain. Firstly, the challenges of small satellites are examined and complementary aspects of large and small satellites are discussed. Secondly, the potential applications of small satellites are described and new concepts (i.e., formation flying, constellation, cluster) specific to small satellite domain are explained. Finally, we have highlighted important ongoing and future research directions for small satellites routing, based on a study concerning routing mechanisms and topologies in sensor networks, Ad hoc networks and satellite networks.

Spatial multicriteria decision problems typically involve a set of geographically-defined alternatives (events) from which a choice of one or more alternatives is made with respect to a given set of evaluation criteria.

Access, configuration, monitoring, control and management of remote laboratory instrumentation gained growing interest with the development of the so-called e-Science.

Mobile multimedia, e.g., pictures, videos, and sounds used on or generated by mobile devices (mobile phones in particular) have become an industry of their own. This industry has grown rather independently of marketing research and major industry players. It is continuously looking for commercially viable ways of promoting established and emerging forms of mobile multimedia.

With Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) it is possible to transmit different digital contents together with the video signal, i.e. datacasting. This has become possible due to the coding and compression technologies used to process the signal, not available with analogue technology. This subject created the discussion about the digital dividend, which addresses the best way to use the spectrum, so as to improve its efficiency. 

There is this old joke about a man woken up at night by his terrified wife alarmed by strange noise coming from the cellar of their house. “Wake up! Someone must have broken into our house!” she said in panic, and the man murmured in reply before falling back asleep “Well, honey, then just go and wake up the dog!

Abstract - This paper presents a study of the five best selling Smart Phones in terms of their applicability to Wireless Health. Smart Phones are generally used as central controlling units in Wireless Health applications.