Enhanced energy and cost savings opportunities were observed by taking the novel perspective of optimizing building portfolios in multiple grid markets, motivating the pursuit of future smart grid advancements that take a holistic and communal vantage point.
Coupled with a push for smart cities, advancements in robotics, connected cars, aerials (drones, nanosatellites), and connectivity infrastructure the race for the internet of things space is just getting started.
With the advancement in smart materials, prescribed deformation to improve maximum performance is becoming more practical.
With the advancement of smart home and grid, a more connected and efficient operation of the grid is achievable.
Despite recent technological advancement in smart polymeric materials, fibers and self-healing materials, it is still a big challenge to provide adequate long-term zonal isolation in severe oil well conditions.
Power systems currently experience paradigm changes due to the integration of renewable sources, penetration of electric vehicles, and advancements in smart grid technology.
Advancements in smart devices, wearable gadgets, sensors, and communication paradigm have enabled the vision of smart cities, pervasive healthcare, augmented reality and interactive multimedia, Internet of Every Thing (IoE), and cognitive assistance, to name a few.
Internet of Things (IoT), one of the key research topics in recent years, together with concepts from Fog Computing, brings rapid advancements in Smart City, Monitoring Systems, industrial control, transportation and other fields.
"Smart employees recognize that their advancement within a company, as well as their next job working for a different company, are no longer dependent upon how much they have published.
Furthermore, the paper suggests future research directions of dimensional quality management system advancement based on smart PMI technologies augmented by Internet of Things, VR/AR and Cyber Physical Systems.
