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And indeed, other cities are following in the path that San Diego has been lighting, though, in the United States at least, San Diego will likely remain the largest installation for some time. Atlanta, Ga., and Portland, Ore., have also begun rolling out sensor-laden lamps from Current, but both projects are still in the pilot stage.

Intangible assets (intellectual property) are recorded at cost and are amortized over the estimated useful life of the asset. Management evaluates the fair market value to determine if the asset should be impaired at the end of each year.

McCarthy said the city is negotiating with the New York Power Authority for “potential applications” and intends to work with state government during the deployment process. 

What type of offtake arrangements are available and typically used for utility-scale renewables projects?

LIGHT CONTROL UNITThe LCU is designed for individual management of street lamps and includes a meter, controller and LV PLC modem. The LCU has two independent channels, enabling it to control one or two lamps simultaneously and it also performs stepless dimming, which prolongs the lifespan of the lamp.

This network configuration exhibits a more efficient use of satellite resources compared with LEO direct-to-node. Architecturally, it paves the way for sub-6 gigahertz (GHz) ground segments aggregating into a Ku- or Ka- band satellite backhaul, thus alleviating any potential capacity concerns in crowded L-band or S-band spectrum. It is also attractive from a capex perspective, since the cost of satellite relay terminals becomes amortized over many sensor nodes; it solves the difficult problem of huge scale multiple access; and most importantly of all  it facilitates an interesting service-orientation — which could become very attractive to the satellite industry.

Fifteen sensors inside Steora monitor everything that happens on and around the bench. Each second, sensors are gathering data about air parameters, bench usage, and system status. All collected information is available for customers via the dashboard. If anything happens, the system immediately alerts the owner and Steora’s tech support.

That narrative gets less rosy when the new and shiny gig economy intersects a decades-long trend of falling wages in the low skilled labor force. Now as executives at Uber become some kind of -naire selling their IPOs on an automated future, the low-skilled workers that make up the company’s legs are frustrated over their considerably lower pay—saying they do not make a living wage.

Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, to analyze the market by countries, by type, by application and by manufacturers, with sales, revenue and market share by key countries in these regions;

Finally, similar technology can be adapted for Wander Management Solutions for the elderly. These solutions often also leverage Bluetooth beacons.

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