Smart TV, which enables viewers to conveniently access different multimedia contents and interactive services in a single platform, is currently becoming popular. The work presented here develops three new ways to enhance the performance of a smart TV. The first is to design a body control system that recognizes and interprets human gestures as machine commands to control the TV. The second is ...

Electronic ticketing in public transportation based on smart cards is gaining momentum worldwide. It is widely recognized that a smart card system can deliver benefits to both passengers and operators, but due to its complexity, implementation can come at a considerable cost. Therefore, it is likely that a commercial appraisal from the perspective of the public transportation operator alone wou...

We study the design of pricing schemes for a group of consumers with smart meters (e.g., in a Greenfield area) who are connected through a gateway to a traditional electricity greed with a progressive tariff. Because the progressive tariff cannot take into account the time aspect of electricity demands, we apply it to consumers in both an individual and a group basis over a shorter time period,...

The modernization of the electrical grid and the installation of smart meters come with many advantages to control and monitoring. However, in the wrong hands, the data might pose a privacy threat. In this paper, we consider the tradeoff between smart grid operations and the privacy of consumers. We analyze the tradeoff between smart grid operations and how often data is collected by considerin...

This paper is concerning the application of a deterministic decisional pattern to a multi-agent system which would provide intelligence to a distributed energy smart grid at local consumer level. Development of multi-agent application involves agent specifications, analysis, design and realization. It can be implemented by following several decisional patterns. The purpose of present article is...

Remote attestation mechanisms are well studied in the highend computing environments; however, the same is not true for embedded devices especially for smart cards. With ever changing landscape of smart card technology and advancements towards a true multiapplication platform, verifying the current state of the smart card is signi cant to the overall security of such proposals. The initiatives ...

Transition from traditional power grid into a smart grid involves collecting and processing a large amount of data from generation, transmission to consumer level. Data collected at each level differs considerably in terms of the parameters under observation and frequency of collection, satisfying the 5 Vs (volume, velocity, variety, value and veracity) requirements of big data. In this paper, ...

The Los Angeles Smart Grid Project aims to use informatics techniques to bring about a quantum leap in the way demand response load optimization is performed in utilities. Semantic information integration, from sources as diverse as Internet-connected smart meters and social networks, is a linchpin to support the advanced analytics and mining algorithms required for this. In association with it...

BACKGROUND This debate article explores how smart technologies may create a double-edged sword for patient safety and effective therapeutic relationships. Increasing utilization of health monitoring devices by patients will likely become an important aspect of self-care and preventive medicine. It may also help to enhance accurate symptom reports, diagnoses, and prompt referral to specialist ca...

Recently spatial information services market is growing. In addition, consumers make to direct spatial information service more than just a service provider. It means now satisfy the needs of the consumer. So, make the name ‘User participation, Crowd mapping and Crowd sourcing’. Make it one that can be smart devices. One of seven people (all of world’s population) are now using a smart phone, f...