Enhancing Smart Grid Awareness with Mobile Technologies

摘要

Smart phones have completely altered the way we access information and communicate with each other through mobile applications. The majority of the population now has the answers to almost every question - ranging from how much traffic exists on a particular route to price comparisons for a desired product - at their fingertips. Like never-before, we now have immediate access to embedded mobile accessories, including GPS, accelerometers, cameras, sensors, lighting and Internet access. Mobile devices integrate these pieces to deliver novel ways of connecting and sharing with coworkers, colleagues, friends and family. Additionally, consumer behavior has increasingly changed with mobile devices, providing us the luxury of sampling music before we buy it, shopping online, arranging for goods to be shipped directly to our homes, buying and selling stock, checking account balances, paying bills, watching our weight, and so on. Mobile applications influence and change the way we behave by increasing awareness.