Where is the SMART Grid's KILLER App?

摘要

First of all, what exactly is a killer app? The notion was popularized in the book "Unleashing the Killer App" by Larry Downes and Chunka Mui, and now killer apps are sought in markets as diverse as computers and board games. Companies launching new products hope to unleash killer apps because they need people to buy their products to do something killer with them-something new, useful, time-saving, money-making, popular or just fun. Many times, the perception is that without a killer app, your concept is dead on arrival.