The group's promotional literature gushes that Shimla Pinks are young Indians who are "equal in status and prestige to the Sloane Rangers of England", and that they are people who want "the latest gadget, the trendiest of designer labels and the smartest residence".
Earlier this year the college, situated in a leafy and expensive west London district among sprawling gothic museums and avenues of smart Victorian residences, broke with tradition and appointed a nonacademic as its new rector.
While showing flickers of promise, smart homes -- residences that digitally monitor and regulate energy use and technology in the house -- have yet to take off in the U.S.
If a conventional home is a combination of simple housing and furniture for providing a residence, a smart home aims at providing services that promote the user's enjoyment and satisfaction.
Scene: At the Manna-ha-ta, a smart tower of condominium residences on New York's upper East Side; a small white room very nearly filled with a kind of acrid yellow smoke.
During Smart's younger years, Fairlawne was the residence of Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard and Lady Barnard, who bequeathed £200 to Smart.
Now, with the use of so-called smart meters, small business and even some residences can communicate with providers and buy power more like big customers can.
Closer to home, residence halls at Pomona College offer smart-home technology, solar heating and a rooftop garden with a movie screen.
And the new house is as smart as she is: a modern, executive-style residence built on a small plot behind the police station with a view over the river and the soft Scottish hills beyond.
In particular, this research focuses on the application of smart grids in the EV charging for the residence.
