Smart buildings: can building automation systems overcome interoperability problems to assert control over our offices, hotels, and airports?
Article Abstract:
Buildings are getting smarter as building automation, which typically involves functions such as electrical distribution, fire safety, security, heating and air conditioning, continues to evolve and advance.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2003
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Sorry, wrong number: how to separate fact from fiction in the information age
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It has been widely asserted and believed that Internet data flows double every 100 days, but this is not true. How to verify the accuracy of such assertions is discussed.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2003
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Quantum leap for quantum computing
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Developments in quantum computing which can surpass the super computer's ability to crack encryption schemes or simulating quantum physics, is detailed.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2006
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