Smart grid supports wisdom city construction

Smart Grid is the carrier of intellectual city development, supporting all aspects of the operation of the smart city, supporting the wisdom of the city's construction.

Smart Grid is the city to achieve clean energy access, energy conservation, information infrastructure and other facilities, but also one of the basis for the development of related industries.

Smart grid contributes to the intellectual city, mainly reflected in four aspects.

First, economy.

Smart Grid accelerates energy-saving transformation of existing industries, creates new industries and promotes economic restructuring.

Second, energy.

In the smart grid development process, through the promotion of "electricity replacing coal, electricity replacing oil" and other technologies to improve the proportion of electric energy in the final energy consumption.

Third, information.

Smart grid construction will not only enhance the urban informatization level, more boost "triple play", to create city public network platform.

Fourth, environmental protection.

The establishment of the smart grid will help protect the environment, improve energy efficiency, reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.

Smart Grid is the important foundation of city intelligent subjective development and the objective needs of energy carrier. Smart grid will not only ensure the safety and reliability of electricity, promote urban green development, build city nervous system, enhance the development of related industries, but also in the development of intellectual city of city service platform construction and other aspects has an important supporting role.

IOT props up a "protective umbrella" for city safety

The existence of security risks in the forest protection, road safety and drug safety supervision and other industries, targeted research to explore a range of information technology solutions, which not only effectively improve the safety index of all walks of life, but also, in certain extent, promote the local and the whole region's information construction process, and will promote the great development of social economy.

 

Safety is the key to early warning security incidents in a timely manner before the accident safety precautions, and Internet of things technology is a powerful tool to solve this problem, the application of the prophet, the projected precedent ability to enhance the whole administration orientation security capabilities, also protect the life and property safety.

Microsoft's new patent applications, the use of human transmission of data

The human body is conductive, then the human body as a transmission medium to transmit data is feasible?

This is Microsoft's recent patent-pending content. From the contents of the file (as shown below), simply touch can complete the data transmission between two devices.

This may sound a little strange, but if implemented, future application scenarios actually many. Such as by the way of direct shopping, instead of fingerprint identification or credit card; Or leave contact way but not to save the phone number, scan two-dimensional code, just shake hands directly.

But let ideas become reality there are still some difficulties, IBM as early as 1996 had a similar idea, just not much people know it.

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Intelligent power grid, promised a future

What is the most clean energy, resource and environmental costs lowest? The answer is very simple, is the energy saved. In the future, the smart grid will supply power accurately to substantial energy savings.

 

The main driving forces of U.S. Smart Grid Development is to improve power supply reliability, to avoid the occurrence of similar "8 • 14" large-scale blackout in North America and to prevent terrorist attacks etc., and European countries, mainly due to the security of supply issues , namely the lack of primary energy, reliability and power quality, power supply capacity and environmental issues.

Smart grid is defined to UHV grid as the backbone, the coordinated development of power at all levels as the basis, using advanced communication, information and control technology, building information technology, automation, interactive features into a strong unified intelligent grid.

Internet of Things takes three steps, step by step to occupy the industry center

ARM is how to understand Internet of things development trend, ARM co-founder and CTO Mike Muller said in an interview, will Internet of Things develop in three steps. small data converging big data. 2, industrial scale need to be standardized. 3, shared data need you trust. Take a good three steps, Internet of things will achieve industrial-scale development.

The core of Internet of things is a personal application, facilitating and promoting health, collecting personal daily life data. Such as the weight instrument and smart phones connected up to record on the body mass index, when life is not very healthy, the phone will automatically alert.

Application of embedded intelligent devices can help consumers find packing spaces in the busy city. Through data monitoring, collection and sharing, consumers can quickly understand what car parks nearby have vacant parking spaces; for parking operators, these collected information can be analyzed to help determine which areas are popular commercial district, so as to increase parking prices accordingly.

Present and Future of NFC

NFC is a short-range wireless communication technology, with it, mobile phone in addition to call, send text messages, Internet access and other functions, but also can realize shopping, car, medical care and other functions. It can be predicted, NFC technology will bring a new round of reformation to people's mobile life .

NFC applications can be divided into three categories: The first category is the application of electronic cards, bank cards, bus cards, membership cards and other entity cards into electronic cards, and integrated in the mobile phone, so that take bus, buy something, only need to brush your mobile phone; second is the application of reading information, that is, regards the NFC as a reader, it can be used for logistics management, product traceability, meeting attendance, etc.; third category is interactive application that can be used for point to point information transmission and file sharing, for example, NFC-enabled mobile phone turned on, two mobile phones touch, you can complete electronic business card exchange.

Modern car GPS device will send out voice of “turn left, turn right” through the machine when the driver needs to turn, and the screen displays the path way to navigate. However, perhaps the future of navigation devices will be available through "sense" manner.

 

One with vibration function wearable GPS device will be available through various forms to make the driver to feel driving directions change. In this way, GPS devices not only eliminate the driver while driving view maps the potential risks, but also those hearing or visually impaired people can get navigation instructions clearer.

Smart home combined with Internet of things into the daily life

"Internet of Things" and "cloud", "Sensing Technology" based on their security and smart home applications, so that the "Internet of things", this new word has not yet been accepted by the general public but gradually come into our field of vision. In addition to applications in security, smart home applications better reflect the power of technology and the "Internet of things" of this new concept brought life convenient.

Whenever you are using the remote control home appliances, after simple learning the code, you can control the mobile phone without installing any other device. For some appliances without using the remote control, if the user has a demand, also can be achieved through a simple transformation to realize the remote control function. If you use at home, as long as the terminal equipment and the main chip in the same LAN. If you want to use it outside, all instructions will be uploaded to the server, and then pass to online equipment.

Cloud computing and Internet of things will eliminate the traditional outsourcing industry

With cloud computing, Internet of things and other high-tech industries form the social business model, "reduce costs" for the purpose of the traditional outsourcing industry faces extinction, they will be replaced by a new type of service outsourcing industry model. The next 3-5 years, the global potential for related industries over $ 4 trillion. From doing "subtraction" to do "addition", which will be the main trend of global service outsourcing enterprises future development. Cloud computing, Internet of things and other technologies will enable service outsourcing enterprises change from "cost center" into a "business model developers", telling buyers how to create more profits.

Google pushing crazy project: a hot air balloon with Wi-Fi

Google has established a system, will send a a hot air balloon which carries a variety of computer and electronic equipment to altitude of 60,000 feet beyond, providing equivalent to the current 3G network or faster network connections to the remote areas, the test will be launched this month pioneered in New Zealand South Island, this week has launched 30 hot air balloons.

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The balloon has a small box mounted electronic device, including the circuit board, battery, and radio antenna control the entire system, for communications with other balloons, and terrestrial network antenna communication. The antenna is equipped with a special radio frequency technology, uses 2.4 and 5.8GHz ISM band. Each balloon can provide a network connection within 40 km in diameter ground areas, network speed can reach the current level of 3G. The users under the balloon can install specific network antennas in the house, you can access the network services provided by the balloon. Network signal will be reflected in the balloons, and then insert the ground of global Internet services.

Charge denim shorts and sleeping bags

According to the British Daily Mail reported, participating in outdoor festive gatherings people no longer have to not charge the phone and distress, at present, a British company and the University of Southampton newly developed a mobile phone device, through denim shorts and sleeping bags for body heat, achieve mobile phone charging. Charging shorts can achieve 4 hours charge the phone, and when people sleep when using rechargeable sleeping bags, can achieve 11 hours charging the phone.

 

"Charge denim shorts and sleeping bags" using dynamic and thermoelectric technology to capture human energy to charge mobile phone, this charger design is completed by Vodafone mobile phone company with the help of the University of Southampton researchers. Shorts charger assembly similar bubble ferroelectret material, accompanied by movement of the wearer, pants ferroelectret material is extruded or deformation, to start collecting body kinetic energy. These types of foam material contains many pores, pore surface charge can be permanent, showing a piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties.

China or into the largest 3D printing market

Although U.S. President Barack Obama expected 3D printing to rejuvenate American manufacturing, but the president of increased material manufacturing union in England, China 3D printing technology industry alliance chief adviser Grenada Graham • Droman thought that, in 3-5 years, China has the potential to become the world's largest 3D printing market.

Recently, American scientists used bio-matching polymer materials in the 3D printer to print out the artificial ear, the artificial ear not only the shape exactly the same with real one, combined with the electronic technology, the artificial ear can also accept very fine acoustic, even more sensitive than the human ear.

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"Invisible hand" control crop and aquatic product, Internet of things weaving wisdom "farming map"

The comprehensive utilization of networking technology, the establishment of a integrated environmental awareness field station can adapt to multiple environmental and climatic conditions, and the use of aerial mobile sensor technology and ultra-long-range high-definition video sensing technology, make the whole industry chain of rice production to achieve wisdom production, intelligent management, smart organization, reducing pesticide and artificial fertilizers input, rice yield and quality improved significantly.

farming map

The Internet of Things technology to cover agricultural production, processing, storage and logistics aspects of the real-time online monitoring, so that agricultural suppliers, fixed-point cooperatives get expert real-time guidance and professional management, to protect the quality. Cold chain logistics facilities for networking transformation, refrigerated environment in the process of delivery temperature and humidity and vehicle line, dwell time, vehicle fuel consumption and other information supervision.

ZigBee by the sudden emergence of IOT

Internet of Things flourish, RFID, NFC, etc. are widely used in all kinds of scenes. With smart sensors continuously enriched, need ZigBee to offer lower power consumption, simple network management and more stable technology for efficient, low-cost transmission control, in Europe and other regions, ZigBee has just been extensively applied soon, does it mean ZigBee spring come?

ZigBee replaced the traditional RFID attendance system to achieve a seamless reading, accurately determine the direction, positioning trajectory accuracy and the queries, to improve tunnel safety management level of construction; in some high-end apartments for the elderly, based on the ZigBee network wireless positioning technology can be in a nursing home or within the community to achieve the region's real-time positioning and help functions. Because every old person carrying a portable motion alarm, encounters danger, he can press the help button timely not only solve the elderly in outdoor activities security surveillance and rescue issues, but also, easy to use and high reliability.

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Healthy Internet of things looks forward industrial mode

Health IOT core guiding ideology is always based on human health to solve human health problems, it is necessary to improve or restore harmony between man and nature's own ability in the first place. "Health IOT" as an innovative concept, its application will integrated health and wellness industry which is the most closely to people's livelihood, expected to produce a new industry and economic development patterns.

Health medical model and its research direction is from disease diagnosis and treatment and shifts to human-centered function state identification and control, SIR mode  is asked not to cause a new round of physical and mental damage in every aspect. This new model for easy steering and Internet of things, is convenient for engineering, easy oriented toward grassroots and individuals, can greatly reduce medical costs, to form a new health industry, and over one trillion in manufacturing and health care industries ecological chain will gradually form .

Making Sense Of The Internet Of Things

The emerging Internet of Things — essentially, the world of physical devices connected to the network/Internet, from your Fitbit or Nest to industrial machines — is experiencing a burst of activity and creativity that is getting entrepreneurs, VCs and the press equally excited.

The space looks like a boisterous hodgepodge of smart hobbyists, new startups and large corporations that are eager to be a part of what could be a huge market, and all sorts of enabling products and technologies, some of which, including crowdfunding and 3D printing, are themselves far from established.

 

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The chart to the right is an attempt at making sense of this frenetic activity. From bottom to top, I see three broad areas – building blocks, verticals and horizontals:

Building Blocks

The concept of the Internet of Things is not new (the term itself was coined in 1999), but it is now in the process of becoming a reality thanks to the confluence of several key factors.

First, while still challenging, it is easier and cheaper than ever to produce hardware – some components are open sourced (e.g. Arduino microcontrollers); 3D printing helps with rapid prototyping; specialized providers like Dragon Innovation and PCH can handle key parts of the production process, and emerging marketplaces such as Grand St. help with distribution. Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter or Indiegogo considerably de-risk the early phase of creating hardware by establishing market demand and providing financing.

Second, the world of wireless connectivity has dramatically evolved over the last few years. The mobile phone (or tablet), now a supercomputer in everyone’s hand, is becoming the universal remote control of the Internet of Things. Ubiquitous connectivity is becoming a reality (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 4G) and standards are starting to emerge (MQTT).  The slight irony of the “Internet of Things” moniker is that things are often connected via M2M (machine to machine) protocols rather than the Internet itself.

Third, the Internet of Things is able to leverage an entire infrastructure that has emerged in related areas. Cloud computing enables the creation of “dumb” (simpler, cheaper) devices, with all the intelligence processed in the cloud. Big data tools, often open sourced (Hadoop), enable the processing of massive amounts of data captured by the devices and will play a crucial role in the space.

Verticals

Unlike the Big Data space, where the action is gradually moving from core infrastructure to vertical applications, the Internet of Things space is seeing a lot of early action directly at the vertical application level. Some notable players like Nest Labs seem to have adopted a deeply integrated vertical strategy where they control key pieces of the product, including both hardware and software, in order to have complete control over the end-user experience (a lot like Apple, which is not surprising considering the founders’ background).

Beyond the Nest, home automation in general has become the central battlefield of the Internet of Things, with some of the most exciting startups in the space jockeying for position. Another hot consumer-facing area is obviously quantified self, which is playing a huge role in developing consumers’ awareness of the potential of the Internet of Things.

Beyond consumer, B2B/enterprise vertical applications of the Internet of Things, fueled in part by robotics, hold considerable promise in a number of areas such as manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, retail and energy. Some of clearest revenue opportunities for IoT startups are in the enterprise area.

Horizontals

While a lot of the action is happening at the vertical application level, the ultimate prize for many ambitious players in the space is to become the software platform upon which all vertical applications in the Internet of Things will be built. For example, several of the home automation providers (SmartThings, Ninja Blocks, etc.) also provide a software platform, and seem to be leveraging their vertical focus as a way to kickstart activity on the platform.

Large corporations (GE, IBM, etc.) are very active in the space and are developing their own platforms.  Carriers (AT&T, Verizon) have a large opportunity in the area, as well.

One open question is whether a platform developed for a vertical will easily translate to another vertical. In addition, whether the winning platforms are open or closed will play a huge role in the future of the space. My bet would be on openness.

The related area of connectivity (connecting objects to the network/Internet and to one another through all sorts of rules) is also a very significant opportunity.

The space is extraordinarily exciting, but still very much in its infancy – expect this chart to change dramatically over the next few months and years.

Talk about smart wearable devices: the future market is far from mature

Smart wearable devices is undoubtedly one of the most popular topics. Known as the "Queen of the Internet" of U.S. well-known venture capital KPCB analyst Mary • Mikel (Mary Meeker) in this year's report of Internet trend, with particular emphasis on potential growth of smart wearable devices, that is the next hot area .

But unlike personal computer, smart phone, the current smart wearable device market is far from mature, is still in its early development stage. The traditional hardware and software giants have not yet entered this field, now occupy market opportunities are more some start-up companies. They have launched dozens of hardware devices, huge differences in individual appearance, functionality also have their own strengths.

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Apple picked the fruit of car networking, other companies what are you waiting?

BMW announced Friday that in 2014, all models of the company will be equipped Apple car voice control system Siri Eyes Free. Apple began into the automotive field early in iPod era, and its equipment of high market share and high-end brand image makes it from Ferrari to Toyota, GM and other auto companies are willing to cooperate with.

Car companies dominated Internet application naturally lack of experience and data, so the direction of the future development of car networking most likely is the mode of Apple's smart phone to connect with the car. The car provides hardware and interface, software and services are provided by the mobile phone operating system or the Internet company.

Google wants to open the network Market by using Android

Android has occupied 75% of the mobile phone market, the foreign media has said that with the development of things, Android is becoming the standard operating system of “Internet of things”, jet engine monitors and shoes sensors have been equipped with the Android system.

Network devices are quite a lot, a simple sensor itself has automated system, Android system may be equipped on some high-end sensors, in the 4th-5th layer of the sensor, that can improve the computing power and speed up processing of information. Google is very accurate idea of the direction, the Internet of things now no longer confined to intelligent terminals, mobile intelligence, networking future market will be more wider, Google will load Android system into network devices, on their own and the networking industry's development will be mutually beneficial.

The rise of IOT

By 2015, the world will have 6 billion objects connected to the Internet. Despite it’s difficult to grasp the concept of Internet of things, but it is actually very simple, it is constituted by the object and the network connection. One of the most exciting thing is these objects will learn and adapt to the user's operating habits. We have a taste of things necessary technical prerequisites, such as RFID tags, this technology has been used to track warehouse inventory and other trivial tasks. The emergence of new technologies like Arduino will further enhance the level of Internet of things

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Smart City is the full use of the Internet

Smart City (community) is the full use of the Internet, networking, it comes to smart buildings, smart home, network monitoring, smart hospitals, urban lifeline management, food and drug management, ticket management, home care, personal health and digital life and other areas, grasping the new round of technological innovation revolution and a major opportunity for the information industry, give full play to the advantages of information and communication (ICT) industry development, RFID related technologies leading, telecommunications services and good information technology infrastructure, through the construction of ICT infrastructure, authentication, security and other platforms and demonstration projects, to accelerate industrial key technologies to build the city (community) development of wisdom environment, to form the massive information-based and intelligent filtering of a new life, industrial development, community management and other modes, to build a new future-oriented city (community) form. “Intelligence community” construction, is the “smart city” concept introduced to the community, taking the happiness of community citizens as a starting point, by creating intelligence community to facilitate the people, thus speeding up the building of a harmonious community, promoting regional social progress. Based on Internet of Things, cloud computing and other high-tech, “smart community” is a “cell” of “smart city”, it is a people-oriented intelligent management system, is expected to make people’s work and life more convenient, comfortable and efficient.

Wisdom tourism, also known as smart travel

Wisdom tourism, also known as smart travel. It is the use of cloud computing, networking and other new technologies, through the Internet / mobile Internet accesses with portable terminal equipment, actively perceiving tourism resources, tourism economy, tourism activities, tourists and other information, the timely release would allow people to keep abreast of this information, timely arrangements and adjustments to work with travel plans, so as to achieve all kinds of tourist information Intellisense, facilitate the use.

the field of intelligent home lighting applications is expected to be universal

Intelligent lighting refers to the use of computers, wireless data transmission, spread spectrum power line carrier communication technology, computer intelligent information processing and energy-saving electrical control technology and son on, such composed of distributed wireless telemetry, remote control, remote communication control system, to achieve the intelligent control. With the functions of the light intensity adjustment, lighting soft-start, timing control, scene settings ect.; and reach safety, energy saving, comfortable and efficient features.

Compared with the traditional lighting, intelligent lighting can achieve security, energy saving, comfort, efficiency purposes, so the intelligent lighting has good prospects in the fields of house, office, business and public facilities. Intelligent lighting application is also focused in the business world and the public sector, hotel, exhibition venues, municipal engineering, road traffic within the field of adoption of intelligent lighting use more; in addition, office buildings and high-end villa projects also have smart lighting. With intelligent lighting research and production technology development and product promotion efforts to increase, the field of intelligent home lighting applications is expected to be universal.

U.S. Navy considered using 3D printing technology to manufacture UAV and ammunition

[U.S. Navy considered using 3D printing technology to manufacture UAV and ammunition] 3D printing technology quickly proved its creativity - almost anything you can print out. Recently, there have been a lot of debate on the U.S. Navy personnel, the focus is whether the use of a high-configured printer, and a few mouse clicks will manufacture unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and even ammunition.

China International Network Conference demonstrated the wisdom of new life

[China International Network Conference demonstrated the wisdom of new life] intelligence community, food traceability, intelligent transportation, car networking, smart grid, tele-medicine, smart home ...... focus on the cutting-edge technology and the successful application of the "People’s livelihood networking", and the Fourth China International Internet of Things Conference was held at the Shanghai International Exhibition Center, 120 exhibitors presented collectively "condensed version " of a new model of the future intelligent life.

Thailand Telecom puts pet become a free WiFi hotspot

[Thailand Telecom puts pet become a free WiFi hotspot] Thailand mobile communications company Dtac in order to promote “Mobile WiFi” (Moving WiFi) service, put the pet become one of its WiFi hotspots. Video presentation materials showed, the  Internet speed peak average of up to 8.76mbps, upload speed up to 7.96mbps, download speed of up to 9.34mbps.

powerful future of powerful sensors

[Man ++ smart terminal , powerful future of powerful sensors] envisions the future each of us is an uninterrupted data sensor and environmental monitor, the uploaded data can be used not only their own schedule planning, health care, behavior correction, dangerous warning and other purpose, but also can establish massive databases of all human behaviors and the surrounding environment. Everyone becomes a powerful data sensor.

Four-Faith will participate in CommunicAsia2013

    18-21 June 2013, the 24th International Communications and Information Technology Exhibition (CommunicAsia2013) will be held in Singapore. CommunicAsia2013 is Asia’s largest integrated information and communications technology exhibition, aim to contact the entire ICT industry.
  
    Four-Faith will participate the third time in exhibition CommunicAsia, Four-Faith show the classic wireless communications products, and innovative technology products in the past year, including 4G high-speed router, an upgraded version of 3G dual sim router, 3G wireless RTU for  exhibition.

  
　  Four-Faith booth is located in a prominent position at the entrance by the booth, I believe will become the audience first concern. Finance, transportation, electricity, environmental protection, municipal, machinery, petroleum and petrochemical, water conservancy and other fields, which will be presented for the new and old customers the latest industry applications, the Four-Faith engineers will do live performances, interactive experience with the audience.

    The Four-Faith sincerely invite new and old customers come to visit and enjoy our products , we share with you more product applications and customized services.

    Venue: Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
    Show Time: 2013.6.18-6.21 (Tuesday to Friday)
    Four-Faith Booth No.: 1N5-01
    Contact: Nick Jiang
    Tel: 13906036570 18950085293
    E-mail: nick@four-faith.com
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Immelt will come to China to sell the "industrial Internet" concept

[Immelt will come to China to sell the "industrial Internet" concept] GE Immelt published “another industrial revolution” speech in the United States, the “industrial internet” concept in this speech was a very jerky concept. From the perspective of this article, the concept of industrial Internet is more like an upgrade of Internet of Things. GE side said, Immelt will announce the latest strategic progress of “industrial Internet” on June 3.

Four-Faith IP MODEM in pollution sources online automatic monitoring system application

Four-Faith IP MODEM in pollution sources online automatic monitoring system application: pollution online monitoring system using advanced wireless networks, covering water quality monitoring, automatic monitoring of flue gas, air quality monitoring, environmental noise monitoring, video monitoring and other environmental online monitoring applications, pollution sources online monitoring based, including many important functions of environmental monitoring information system