Smart phones from NeoPoint, Qualcomm and other companies are getting a lot smarter, meaning that they're starting to be able to do many of the same things as the Palm VII, such as checking stock quotes and delivering news.
The fad for "smart beta", meaning investment strategies that aim to follow a broader market in a more sophisticated way, but without the swingeing fees charged by hedge funds, will grow stronger.Unfortunately, these strategies will not provide much protection when interest rates start to rise, as they will in 2015 in America and Britain at least.
Scientists are working on "smart armour", meaning protective devices which snap into action when a vehicle is under fire, not before; and the art of protection is being transformed by the use of new composite materials.But as the technology available to land-warfare planners grows steadily more sophisticated, it may undermine that entire style of combat.
Suspensions of the magnetic nanoparticles, so called ferrofluids, are regarded as smart materials, meaning that they can be rapidly and reversibly transformed between a fluid-like to a solid-like state within milliseconds by applying a magnetic field.
Currently, mobile sites and apps don't deliver "smart" experiences, meaning one that's tailored to an individual's current context — a location, the direction you're headed (if traveling), the weather outside, the demographics of the neighborhood you're visiting, and more.
For starters, the wristband needs to be connected to a smart device, meaning you'll need to keep you phone or tablet pretty close to your bed to keep the connection — and for other reasons we'll get to in a second.
According to the Halo novels, Cortana is classified as a "smart" AI, meaning that her creative matrix is allowed to expand, in contrast to the limited matrix of other "dumb" AI characters in the stories.
I still found him smart, well-meaning, full of good ideas.
So yes, I'm swimming in plans — serious, smart, well-meaning plans that deserve consideration.
And "Brothers" itself — a smart, well-meaning project — never quite pulls itself together.
